Thomas Walkom
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Thomas Walkom, Toronto Star national affairs columnist, writes on political economy. The winner of two national newspaper awards (foreign reporting and column writing), he was the Star’s Queen’s Park columnist for eight years. Before that, he wrote for the Globe and Mail - first as an Ottawa parliamentary reporter, then as Tokyo bureau chief. He has a PhD in economics from the University of Toronto and is author of Rae Days: the rise and follies of the NDP, a book on Ontario’s first New Democratic Party government, that managed to make the best sellers’ list for about five minutes. His column appears Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday. Reach him at 416-869-4570.
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Bank of Canada’s Stephen Poloz gives the nod to Trudeau’s deficits: Walkom
The central bank chief says the Liberal government’s decision to run deficits will help boost stagnant economy. -
Middle-of-the-road Leap Manifesto hardly loony: Walkom
It may scare some New Democrats, but this sketchy recipe for fighting climate change is not particularly left-wing. -
Across Canada, Uber killing taxi regulation: Walkom
The Uber story isn’t about technology. It’s about whether taxi fares should be regulated at all. -
NDP faces the Tom Mulcair quandary: Walkom
New Democrats too often forget that principle and practicality are not mutually exclusive. -
Homegrown loopholes cost Canada more than Panama tax havens: Walkom
Finance Minister Bill Morneau is contemplating whether to close some of Canada’s wide-open tax loopholes. -
Medicare threatens to put Justin Trudeau to the test: Walkom
Moves in Quebec and Saskatchewan toward two-tier health care will force the new Liberal government to act, one way or another. -
Lily the goat a bright spot in Canada’s bleak animal rights terrain: Walkom
The forces lined up against non-human animals are formidable. Still, one goat made it out of the slaughterhouse alive. -
Trudeau government tiptoes back into temporary foreign workers morass: Walkom
How does importing low-wage labour help the middle class? It doesn’t. -
Bill Morneau’s centre-left budget puts Tom Mulcair’s NDP in a bind: Walkom
If the Liberals become standard-bearers for the centre-left, what remains for the NDP to do? -
Impulse to return to golden era drives Morneau’s bold approach to deficit financing: Walkom
There are needs for infrastructure, public transit, affordable housing, better access to employment insurance, for drinking water on some reserves. This budget delivers on these needs. -
Canada’s ketchup war shows the advantages of unfree trade: Walkom
An obscure government regulation set the stage for Leamington tomatoes to challenge ketchup giant Heinz. -
Donald Trump brings free trade back to the fore: Walkom
Most Canadians now accept free trade deals. But a lot of Americans don’t. And Donald Trump has tapped into that. -
Tom Mulcair not solely at fault for NDP’s disastrous election showing: Walkom
Since at least Jack Layton's time, the NDP has been moving rightward. Don't blame it all on Tom Mulcair. -
Trudeau quietly agrees to share info on Canadians with U.S.: Walkom
For cross-border travelers, the odds of getting on one of those impossible-to-escape American security lists have just increased. -
Trudeau’s Washington trip may be too late to revive relationship that’s no longer special: Walkom
Do the Americans still love us? Or have they found someone else? -
CSIS shows it doesn’t need new lawbreaking powers: Walkom
Will Justin Trudeau's government repeal a law that could allow CSIS to set up secret jails? -
First ministers’ climate change meeting a dud: Walkom
Justin Trudeau's meeting with the premiers was cordial. But it produced no real results. -
Weak economy threatens first ministers’ climate change summit: Walkom
First ministers’ meetings are always about money. But Ottawa may have less cash with which to woo the premiers. -
CETA critics force Europe, Canada to revise trade pact: Walkom
The changes may not satisfy critics of the Canada-European Union deal. But the revised pact is better. -
Parliamentary report takes a too-casual approach to doctor-assisted death: Walkom
Canadian legislators assume that when it comes to voluntary euthanasia, everyone is rational and well-meaning.
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