The Globe and Mail
John Rapley
Publishing · On our record since 2018
Where this writer stands
Fiscal policy1 piece
Higher taxes and public spendingLower taxes and tighter spending
“Government has a vital role to play, because it alone can maintain the knowledge and innovation pipelines, ideally at the frontiers of world standards. Key to these public roles are education and infrastructure.” Read the piece
Only opinion columns and editorials are scored. Each piece is read twice by a language model, which records the author's own stance on a policy topic only where the piece argues one, with a quote that must appear in the piece. An author's position on a topic is the average of their pieces, weighted by the model's confidence. News reporting is listed but never scored.
Recent work
- It’s hard to be ‘masters of our destiny’ when our destiny is shaped in the U.S.Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Nov 7, 2026
- The crisis in France will not stay in France. Canada, bewareOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 23, 2026
- An independent Alberta may find the cost of regret hard to swallowOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 16, 2026
- Interest rates are rising. It’s not clear why. But soon something will breakOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 9, 2026
- Before AI can kill us the bubble will burstOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 3, 2026
- China and the U.S., the worst frenemies of the world economyOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 24, 2026
- Carney did a lot this week, but it’s what he didn’t do that matters moreOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 18, 2026
- Opinion: Canada benefits from a world order that empires built. As the latest one declines, so does our economyOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Aug 24, 2023
- Opinion: How I learned to stop worrying and welcome a housing crashOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jan 11, 2023
- Opinion: When it comes to China and Taiwan, the West should take a page out of its Ukraine playbook – don’t fight, but provide armsOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 9, 2022
- Opinion: Boris Johnson may be soon be gone, but Britain’s woes have just begunOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jul 13, 2022
- Opinion: Africa is becoming the new frontline in the conflict between Russia and the WestOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 23, 2022
- Opinion: We’re not entering a new Cold War with China – though it might be better if we wereOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jan 27, 2022
- Opinion: Brexit hasn’t ended the European Union - it’s given it a new sense of purposeOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jan 13, 2022
- Opinion: Can democracies rise to the climate crisis?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 28, 2021
- Opinion: Can democracies rise to the climate crisis?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 28, 2021
- Opinion: Can democracies rise to the climate crisis?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 28, 2021
- Opinion: Can democracies rise to the climate crisis?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 28, 2021
- Opinion: Can democracies rise to the climate crisis?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 28, 2021
- Opinion: Can democracies rise to the climate crisis?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 28, 2021
- Opinion: Can democracies rise to the climate crisis?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 28, 2021
- Opinion: Can democracies rise to the climate crisis?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 28, 2021
- Opinion: Can democracies rise to the climate crisis?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 28, 2021
- Opinion: Can democracies rise to the climate crisis?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 28, 2021
- Opinion: Can democracies rise to the climate crisis?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 28, 2021
- Opinion: Can democracies rise to the climate crisis?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 28, 2021
- Opinion: Can democracies rise to the climate crisis?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 28, 2021
- Opinion: Can democracies rise to the climate crisis?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 28, 2021
- Opinion: Can democracies rise to the climate crisis?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 28, 2021
- Opinion: Can democracies rise to the climate crisis?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 28, 2021
- Opinion: Can democracies rise to the climate crisis?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 28, 2021
- Opinion: Can democracies rise to the climate crisis?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 28, 2021
- Opinion: Can democracies rise to the climate crisis?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 28, 2021
- Opinion: Can democracies rise to the climate crisis?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 28, 2021
- Opinion: Can democracies rise to the climate crisis?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 28, 2021
- Opinion: Can democracies rise to the climate crisis?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 28, 2021
- Opinion: Can democracies rise to the climate crisis?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 28, 2021
- Opinion: Can democracies rise to the climate crisis?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 28, 2021
- Opinion: Can democracies rise to the climate crisis?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 28, 2021
- Opinion: Can democracies rise to the climate crisis?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 28, 2021
- Opinion: Can democracies rise to the climate crisis?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 28, 2021
- Opinion: Can democracies rise to the climate crisis?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 28, 2021
- Opinion: Can democracies rise to the climate crisis?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 28, 2021
- Opinion: Can democracies rise to the climate crisis?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 28, 2021
- Opinion: Can democracies rise to the climate crisis?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 28, 2021
- Opinion: Can democracies rise to the climate crisis?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 28, 2021
- Opinion: Can democracies rise to the climate crisis?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 28, 2021
- Opinion: Tesla owners have no reason to gloat about saving the environmentOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Aug 26, 2021
- Opinion: Own a Tesla? You’re probably doing more harm to the environment than if you drove a gas-guzzling SUVOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Aug 26, 2021
- Opinion: Has inflation gone the way of disco?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Aug 5, 2021
- Opinion: England’s soccer team expresses a vision of the country that breaks with nostalgiaOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jul 8, 2021
- Opinion: Are we on the cusp of another Roaring Twenties?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 31, 2020
- Opinion: The kids are alright: What if young people are the heroes of the pandemic?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 3, 2020
- Opinion: COVID-19 will accomplish what politics couldn’t do: Narrow the global gap between rich and poorOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Apr 30, 2020
- Opinion: Recessions might actually be good for your healthOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Apr 2, 2020
- Just as sovereignty eluded Quebec, the dream of the Brexiters is slipping from their graspOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Nov 22, 2018
- Bless this house: Why Canadians put so much faith in the housing marketOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 15, 2018