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ANALYSIS: Can souped-up shipping containers solve food insecurity?

March 10, 2026March 11, 2026 Columns

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ANALYSIS: Why John Tory wanted his old job back — and why he won’t seek it

March 5, 2026March 5, 2026 Columns

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David Frum on Trump’s Iran attack and why Carney’s Canada must be more ‘cold-blooded’ than ever before

March 4, 2026March 4, 2026 Columns

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ANALYSIS: How to remember Giorgio Mammoliti?

March 2, 2026 Columns

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ANALYSIS: Can Rob Cerjanec defy the odds again?

February 25, 2026February 25, 2026 Columns

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The greatest Canadian you’ve (probably) never heard of

February 23, 2026 Columns

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ANALYSIS: Do Canadians still want civility in their politics?

February 18, 2026February 19, 2026 Columns

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Opinion | The rules-based international order is officially dead. Has NATO suffered the same fate?

February 11, 2026February 13, 2026 Columns

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ANALYSIS: How the Scarborough Southwest byelection will reshape Queen’s Park — and Ottawa

February 9, 2026February 9, 2026 Columns

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ANALYSIS: Should betting platforms be treated like Big Tobacco?

February 4, 2026February 5, 2026 Columns

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Opinion | Historian Margaret MacMillan on the possibility of the next world war and why there is no satisfying Donald Trump

January 31, 2026February 13, 2026 Columns

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Fifty years ago, the Ontario Liberals took a big step toward winning again

January 26, 2026 Columns

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ANALYSIS: Is the Ontario Liberal leadership race poised for an upset?

January 19, 2026 Columns

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Opinion | Bob Rae, now a private citizen, tells it like it is. Sort of

January 17, 2026February 13, 2026 Columns

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At age 97, former Liberal leader Robert Nixon remains irrepressible

January 16, 2026January 16, 2026 Columns

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Opinion | He’s known as one of Canada’s most innovative CEOs. Here’s what he thinks Mark Carney, and all Canadian leaders, get wrong about prosperity

January 10, 2026February 13, 2026 Columns

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OUR PLANS FOR 2026

January 5, 2026January 5, 2026 Columns

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Opinion | Sergio Marchi still believes in ethical politicians. Here’s why

December 20, 2025February 13, 2026 Columns

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ANALYSIS: The Ontario Liberals need to elect a leader. But when?

December 15, 2025December 16, 2025 Columns

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How this organization in Hamilton helps men get clean — and turn their lives around

December 10, 2025December 11, 2025 Columns

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The many ways to honour Ken Dryden

December 1, 2025December 5, 2025 Columns

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ANALYSIS: Here’s what the federal budget might have missed

November 25, 2025November 27, 2025 Columns

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ANALYSIS: Will anyone miss fixed election dates?

November 20, 2025November 20, 2025 Columns

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Opinion | ‘What is it with the courts in the U.S. anyway?’ Rosalie Abella on where we learned democratic rights

November 19, 2025December 1, 2025 Columns

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I sat down with Ontario’s living former premiers. Here’s what I learned

November 10, 2025November 11, 2025 Columns

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Bless you, boys, for being a team anyone could fall in love with

November 3, 2025November 11, 2025 Columns

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Saying farewell to the most talented MPP you’ve never heard of

October 29, 2025November 3, 2025 Columns

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I witnessed Joe Carter’s historic home run in 1993. The memories just came flooding back

October 27, 2025November 3, 2025 Columns

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ANALYSIS: Want to solve the housing crisis? Try a marriage counsellor

October 21, 2025October 23, 2025 Columns

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ANALYSIS: Former MPPs want in on Doug Ford’s new pension plan. Will he let them?

October 15, 2025October 15, 2025 Columns

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ANALYSIS: Who wants to lead the Ontario Liberals?

October 8, 2025October 15, 2025 Columns

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Celebrating Jim Bradley’s very private, public life

October 6, 2025October 15, 2025 Columns

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Opinion | How about: The United Nations, set up to guard against atrocities, is fraying. here’s how Canada could help repair it

October 4, 2025October 6, 2025 Columns

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Ontario’s first (and only) NDP finance minister turns 90 — without regrets

October 3, 2025October 15, 2025 Columns

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This conservative stalwart cheated death — and has a message about Ontario’s health-care system

September 30, 2025October 1, 2025 Columns

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Jim Bradley was born to serve the public — and he did until his final day

September 26, 2025October 1, 2025 Columns

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Their public spats helped build Toronto. Can they get along in private?

September 22, 2025September 23, 2025 Columns

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Opinion | There may be nostalgia at play, but I think there’s a deeper reason our provincial leaders are lacking

September 19, 2025September 19, 2025 Columns

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Opinion | Ken Dryden shared plenty of wisdom with me over the years — and he gave me hell, too

September 17, 2025September 17, 2025 Columns

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ANALYSIS: Bonnie Crombie won’t regret her time as Liberal leader

September 15, 2025September 19, 2025 Columns

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Opinion | I’ve known Janice Stein for three decades, yet there was still one question I’d never asked her — till now

August 30, 2025September 3, 2025 Columns

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How this northern Ontario church puts reconciliation on display

August 25, 2025September 2, 2025 Columns

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How this former MPP found a new life communicating with the dead

August 13, 2025August 17, 2025 Columns

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Opinion | Steve Paikin: This ‘Star Trek’ actor thought Toronto worked in the 1970s. He still thinks we have a lot going for us, despite ‘amazingly bad’ traffic

August 12, 2025September 3, 2025 Columns

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Opinion | Rhonda Lenton is stepping down from York University. Here’s what she has to say about eight years, strikes, and upholding free speech rights

August 2, 2025August 4, 2025 Columns

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How Brampton offered a lesson in honouring political icons

July 31, 2025August 4, 2025 Columns

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ANALYSIS: Frank Miller was so much more than his worst day

July 21, 2025August 4, 2025 Columns

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Opinion | Dalton McGuinty is 70. Even the security guards at Queen’s Park don’t know who he is..And that’s how he wants it.

July 19, 2025August 4, 2025 Columns

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Steve writes a weekly column during the broadcast season for TVO’s website, tvo.org.

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Bi-weekly Toronto Star Column

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