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John Barber
Last published Jan. 2021 · On our record since 2006
Where this writer stands
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Recent work
- Opinion | Ghosts, guns and solving the mystery of my grandfather’s death on the Oak Ridges MoraineOpinion · Toronto Star · Jan 30, 2021
- Opinion | Is Canada’s ‘dairy cartel” really milking the system?Opinion · Toronto Star · Sep 15, 2018
- Opinion | Processing, processing — a way forward for local democracyOpinion · Toronto Star · Aug 13, 2018
- Opinion | Should Ontario sell the rest of Hydro One? YesOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 25, 2018
- Opinion | Should Ontario sell the rest of Hydro One? YesOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 25, 2018
- Opinion | Kathleen Wynne was the premier we didn’t deserveOpinion · Toronto Star · May 16, 2018
- Opinion | Doug Ford’s Greenbelt tightening a gift to his opponentsOpinion · Toronto Star · Apr 30, 2018
- Liberals' pot policy is a big fog | Toronto StarOpinion · Toronto Star · May 29, 2016
- Liberals’ pot policy is a big fogOpinion · Toronto Star · May 29, 2016
- David Crombie’s heroic quest to protect the commonsOpinion · Toronto Star · Dec 12, 2015
- Despite the Greenbelt, suburban sprawl presses onOpinion · Toronto Star · Nov 29, 2015
- The case against In Flanders FieldsOpinion · Toronto Star · Nov 15, 2015
- A tale of two TorysOpinion · Toronto Star · Oct 27, 2015
- Mayor Tory, the city has spoken — we don’t want the OlympicsOpinion · Toronto Star · Sep 12, 2015
- The case against an Olympic bidOpinion · Toronto Star · Aug 24, 2015
- The unfulfilled promise of the Toronto islandsOpinion · Toronto Star · Jul 25, 2015
- The monumental cultural cluelessness of modern ConservativesOpinion · Toronto Star · Jul 2, 2015
- A necessarily modest plan for electoral reformOpinion · Toronto Star · May 25, 2015
- Unspoken rules for successful city cyclingOpinion · Toronto Star · May 14, 2015
- Federal budget’s transit promises a sop to the gullibleOpinion · Toronto Star · Apr 23, 2015
- Mike Duffy trial a sorry excuse for a political scandalOpinion · Toronto Star · Mar 24, 2015
- Sudbury scandal unlikely to hurt Wynne governmentOpinion · Toronto Star · Feb 22, 2015
- Eglinton West a glaring flaw in John Tory’s SmartTrack planOpinion · Toronto Star · Feb 15, 2015
- Time for Mississauga to grow up and pay its own wayOpinion · Toronto Star · Feb 1, 2015
- Hoping for a heist at the gas pumpsOpinion · Toronto Star · Jan 25, 2015
- John Tory’s traffic micromanagement won’t solve gridlockOpinion · Toronto Star · Jan 13, 2015
- Boredom replaces noise and strife at Toronto city hallOpinion · Toronto Star · Oct 27, 2014
- Bring back truly local governmentOpinion · Toronto Star · Oct 12, 2014
- Thank you, Doug Ford, for your mayoral run so farOpinion · Toronto Star · Sep 24, 2014
- With Rob Ford out, can Chow come back?Opinion · Toronto Star · Sep 16, 2014
- John Tory’s SmartTrack doesn’t live up to its nameOpinion · Toronto Star · Aug 29, 2014
- Ontarians have no excuse for being naive about nuclearOpinion · Toronto Star · Jul 9, 2014
- Opinion | Ontarians have no excuse for being naive about nuclearOpinion · Toronto Star · Jul 8, 2014
- Why John Tory’s ‘SmartTrack’ isn’t so smartOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 1, 2014
- Hudak’s discredited doctrine a lucky break for WynneOpinion · Toronto Star · May 26, 2014
- Opinion | Hudak’s discredited doctrine a lucky break for WynneOpinion · Toronto Star · May 25, 2014
- Spectre of Rob Ford haunts race to premier’s officeOpinion · Toronto Star · May 6, 2014
- Opinion | Spectre of Rob Ford haunts race to premier’s officeOpinion · Toronto Star · May 5, 2014
- Big Ideas: Time for a pedestrian mall on Yonge St.Opinion · Toronto Star · Apr 20, 2014
- Opinion | Big Ideas: Time for a pedestrian mall on Yonge St.Opinion · Toronto Star · Apr 19, 2014
- No one to blame for Rob Ford but ourselvesOpinion · Toronto Star · Nov 22, 2013
- Toronto’s amazing condo boomOpinion · Toronto Star · Nov 13, 2013
- To avoid ‘bloodbath’ mayoral race, Toronto needs political partiesOpinion · Toronto Star · Nov 3, 2013
- Toronto region could fund transit with affordable debtOpinion · Toronto Star · Oct 13, 2013
- Judith MaxwellOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jan 17, 2008
- Warren ClementsOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 25, 2007
- Roy MacGregorOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 21, 2007
- Where do we go from here?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 7, 2007
- columnistsOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jun 12, 2006
- columnistsOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Apr 14, 2006