Toronto Star
Jim Coyle
Publishing · On our record since 2007
Where this writer stands
Fiscal policy2 pieces
Higher taxes and public spendingLower taxes and tighter spending
“It violated the very heart of the Ford brand, and revealed an obliviousness to the toll global economic ills are taking on Ontarians.” Read the piece
Trade1 piece
Diversify away from one partnerDeeper continental integration
“We cannot accept what they offered; we will not give what they asked.” Read the piece
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Recent work
- Jim Coyle: Trump can post all the hockey taunts he likes. Carney is still skating rings around himOpinion · Toronto Star · Sep 9, 2026
- Jim Coyle: ‘Kiss my ass’? Doug Ford finds the perfect words for Donald TrumpOpinion · Toronto Star · Aug 26, 2026
- Jim Coyle: The truth for Canada: An honourable deal with Donald Trump is all but impossibleOpinion · Toronto Star · Aug 23, 2026
- Jim Coyle: Doug Ford could have denounced his party’s behaviour. His response instead spoke volumesOpinion · Toronto Star · Aug 19, 2026
- Jim Coyle: Doug Ford wants Ontario voters to look anywhere but hereOpinion · Toronto Star · Aug 7, 2026
- Jim Coyle: With his neighbour’s house on fire, Donald Trump can only fan the flamesOpinion · Toronto Star · Jul 21, 2026
- Jim Coyle: If you know where to look, you can find a message in a bottle on any ocean beachOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 29, 2026
- Jim Coyle: 50 years ago, a 12-year-old boy was killed. His story changed the worldOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 14, 2026
- Jim Coyle: Doug Ford can seem politically invincible. So did a former PC premier. Then he bought a jetOpinion · Toronto Star · Apr 21, 2026
- Jim Coyle: Dalton McGuinty’s book might not say much that’s new — but it says much that our political leaders need to hearOpinion · Toronto Star · Oct 5, 2025
- Jim Coyle: The sweet silence of Pierre Poilievre. Enjoy it while you canOpinion · Toronto Star · Jul 2, 2025
- Jim Coyle: Alcohol is a ‘neurological sledgehammer’ that is harming society in more ways than we realizeOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 23, 2025
- Jim Coyle: Rob Ford film has Doug Ford reverting to old waysOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 19, 2025
- Jim Coyle: After a historic election in historic times, Canada remains divided. This is how voters think we can come togetherOpinion · Toronto Star · May 3, 2025
- Jim Coyle: Carney, Poilievre or Singh? Undecided voters must now choose. This is what’s on their mindsOpinion · Toronto Star · Apr 25, 2025
- Jim Coyle: Our panel of undecided voters may not agree. But this week, they were all looking for one thingOpinion · Toronto Star · Apr 19, 2025
- Jim Coyle: In polarized times, the undecided voter is rare, and prizedOpinion · Toronto Star · Apr 12, 2025
- Jim Coyle: We spoke to voters who are ‘truly undecided.’ Here’s why Poilievre and Carney are both failing to win them overOpinion · Toronto Star · Apr 12, 2025
- Jim Coyle: These voters are ‘truly undecided.’ Here’s why Poilievre and Carney are both failing to win them overOpinion · Toronto Star · Apr 11, 2025
- Jim Coyle: Want to be Canada’s next leader? Then tell us what it means to be CanadianOpinion · Toronto Star · Mar 25, 2025
- Jim Coyle: Defining what it means to be Canadian is crucial for candidates vying to lead the countryOpinion · Toronto Star · Mar 24, 2025
- Jim Coyle: What Doug Ford is doing right that David Peterson got wrongOpinion · Toronto Star · Jan 28, 2025
- Jim Coyle: In the face of Trump’s threats, the man of the hour is... wait, Doug Ford?Opinion · Toronto Star · Jan 10, 2025
- Jim Coyle: Ontario rehab facilities need accountability and success requires hard work and hard truthsOpinion · Toronto Star · Dec 29, 2024
- Jim Coyle: Brian Mulroney knew the ravages of alcohol and was there for anyone struggling — including meOpinion · Toronto Star · Mar 1, 2024
- Brian Mulroney knew the ravages of alcohol and was there for anyone struggling — including meOpinion · Toronto Star · Feb 29, 2024
- Jim Coyle: Stadium honour is tribute to Rob Ford’s football legacyOpinion · Toronto Star · Dec 13, 2023
- Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk right to praise reporters for their Greenbelt investigationOpinion · Toronto Star · Aug 18, 2023
- Opinion | Bottoms up: the messy reality about famous alcoholic writersOpinion · Toronto Star · Feb 3, 2023
- Opinion | ‘Whither thou goest, we will go’: Bob Rae’s speech to UN shows power of words in supporting UkraineOpinion · Toronto Star · Mar 3, 2022
- Opinion | ‘We are all here’: Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy becomes a hero for the agesOpinion · Toronto Star · Feb 25, 2022
- Opinion | A wish for 2022: Post-secondary students have received a lousy deal. They deserve betterOpinion · Toronto Star · Dec 28, 2021
- Opinion | Travel lockdowns turned Humber student journalists into foreign correspondentsOpinion · Toronto Star · Dec 27, 2020
- Ontario Liberal leader Stuart Smith was the right man at the wrong timeOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 15, 2020
- Kathleen Wynne: ‘history on two legs’ | The StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Feb 1, 2020
- The lies Canadian voters tell themselves at election time | The StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Oct 21, 2019
- Bianca Andreescu worked her way to the top | The StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Sep 15, 2019
- Opinion | Canada is ‘very smooth’ on trade? Donald Trump doesn’t know the half of itOpinion · Toronto Star · Mar 2, 2018
- Opinion | Colten Boushie case a reminder that justice system’s biases go beyond raceOpinion · Toronto Star · Feb 15, 2018
- Opinion | For Caroline Mulroney, networking began as a kid at 24 SussexOpinion · Toronto Star · Feb 9, 2018
- For Caroline Mulroney, networking began as a kid at 24 SussexOpinion · Toronto Star · Feb 9, 2018
- Trump's sobering ignorance about addictionOpinion · Toronto Star · Oct 29, 2017
- Opinion | Trump's sobering ignorance about addictionOpinion · Toronto Star · Oct 29, 2017
- Coyle: Hudak goes for the gut in HST debateOpinion · Toronto Star · Nov 18, 2009
- Coyle: How could Liberals let revolt brew?Opinion · Toronto Star · Nov 13, 2009
- Coyle: Youthful Tim Hudak learns from his eldersOpinion · Toronto Star · Nov 2, 2009
- Coyle: Life in politics a 'badge of honour'Opinion · Toronto Star · Oct 29, 2009
- Coyle: Life in politics a 'badge of honour'Opinion · Toronto Star · Oct 29, 2009
- Coyle: The best will survive history’s rough timesOpinion · Toronto Star · Oct 19, 2009
- Coyle: Premier let speed trump good senseOpinion · Toronto Star · Oct 8, 2009
- Reality bites Dalton McGuinty as David Caplan resignsOpinion · Toronto Star · Oct 7, 2009
- Reality bites Dalton McGuinty as David Caplan resignsOpinion · Toronto Star · Oct 6, 2009
- Politics meets community at the emotional opening of North Bay rehab centreOpinion · Toronto Star · Sep 25, 2009
- City slicker MPPs get lesson in real economyOpinion · Toronto Star · Sep 23, 2009
- Plowing ahead to heal north-south riftOpinion · Toronto Star · Sep 21, 2009
- Scandals? No sweat for Teflon premierOpinion · Toronto Star · Sep 18, 2009
- Scandals? No sweat for Teflon premierOpinion · Toronto Star · Sep 17, 2009
- Scandals? No sweat for Teflon premierOpinion · Toronto Star · Sep 17, 2009
- Dalton McGuinty’s baby talk soothes foesOpinion · Toronto Star · Sep 16, 2009
- Dalton McGuinty's baby talk soothes foesOpinion · Toronto Star · Sep 15, 2009