Katharine Lake Berz

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Recent work

• Katharine Lake Berz: Should Ontario end its ban on U.S. alcohol?Opinion · Toronto Star · Nov 7, 2026
• Katharine Lake Berz: It’s time to stop changing the clocksOpinion · Toronto Star · Oct 24, 2026
• Katharine Lake Berz: Brad Bradford and Olivia Chow are campaigning in two different cities. Which one do you want to live in?Opinion · Toronto Star · Oct 23, 2026
• Katharine Lake Berz: Should Canada adopt a four-day work week?Opinion · Toronto Star · Oct 3, 2026
• Katharine Lake Berz: Is Canada’s love affair with SUVs running out of road?Opinion · Toronto Star · Sep 25, 2026
• Katharine Lake Berz: Should Canada apply to become the 28th member state of the European Union?Opinion · Toronto Star · Sep 19, 2026
• Katharine Lake Berz: Ontario needs massive amounts of new electricity. Do we fill the void with nuclear plants or renewable energy?Opinion · Toronto Star · Aug 22, 2026
• Katharine Lake Berz: Should Toronto legalize e-scooters?Opinion · Toronto Star · Aug 8, 2026
• Katharine Lake Berz: Is convenience culture making young adults financially reckless?Opinion · Toronto Star · Jul 24, 2026
• Katharine Lake Berz: Will autonomous vehicles rescue our cities or make urban life worse?Opinion · Toronto Star · Jul 11, 2026
• Katharine Lake Berz: ‘Racing toward unoriginality’: It’s harder than it looks to get away from all the formulaic slopOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 20, 2026
• Katharine Lake Berz: Are public grocery stores the answer to food insecurity?Opinion · Toronto Star · Jun 13, 2026
• Katharine Lake Berz: Should transit be a free public service?Opinion · Toronto Star · May 29, 2026
• Katharine Lake Berz: Are Canadians choosing not to have children or resigning themselves to it?Opinion · Toronto Star · May 16, 2026
• Katharine Lake Berz: When we restrict social media are we solving a problem or creating bigger ones?Opinion · Toronto Star · May 2, 2026
• Katharine Lake Berz: Canada’s birth rate has fallen to new lows. What’s the best way to encourage people to make babies?Opinion · Toronto Star · Apr 4, 2026
• Katharine Lake Berz: Should Mark Carney be doubling Canada’s defense spending in response to today’s security threats?Opinion · Toronto Star · Mar 28, 2026
• Katharine Lake Berz: As Cuba faces mounting crises, should Canada increase its foreign aid — or support U.S. efforts to force a regime change?Opinion · Toronto Star · Mar 21, 2026
• Katharine Lake Berz: A tyrant is dead and a region is in flames. One Iranian Canadian says celebration is in order — another says not so fastOpinion · Toronto Star · Mar 14, 2026
• Katharine Lake Berz: Is opening Canada’s market to Chinese EVs a strategic necessity or a costly mistake?Opinion · Toronto Star · Feb 28, 2026
• Katharine Lake Berz: Canada’s working-age population is shrinking. Should we keep immigration near zero or rethink the plan?Opinion · Toronto Star · Feb 14, 2026
• Katharine Lake Berz: Is DEI helping Canada or holding it back?Opinion · Toronto Star · Jan 24, 2026
• Katharine Lake Berz: Should Canada condemn Donald Trump’s invasion of Venezuela, or stay quiet to protect trade talks?Opinion · Toronto Star · Jan 9, 2026
• Katharine Lake Berz: Should Canadians feel hopeful about 2026? Two comedians weigh InOpinion · Toronto Star · Jan 3, 2026
• Katharine Lake Berz: Should MAID be extended to include those with mental illness?Opinion · Toronto Star · Dec 13, 2025
• Katharine Lake Berz: Bridging the Divide: Is Alberta getting a raw deal? Could independence be the answer?Opinion · Toronto Star · Dec 13, 2025
• Katharine Lake Berz: Everyone wants safer streets. Is speed camera surveillance the best solution or overreach?Opinion · Toronto Star · Nov 6, 2025
• Katharine Lake Berz: Is it time for Canada to embrace two-tier health care?Opinion · Toronto Star · Sep 30, 2025
• Katharine Lake Berz: Ontarians want to protect the environment and also need more homes. Can we afford to keep the Greenbelt off limits for development?Opinion · Toronto Star · Sep 4, 2025
• Katharine Lake Berz: The Greenbelt debacle revealed deep flaws in Ontario’s approach to housing. In the current housing crunch, can the protected green space be preserved?Opinion · Toronto Star · Sep 3, 2025
• Katharine Lake Berz: Alberta has instituted a forced treatment policy for drug addiction. Should Ontario follow suit?Opinion · Toronto Star · Aug 21, 2025
• Katharine Lake Berz: How to handle the housing crisis. Home ownership is out of reach for many Canadians. Should Canada shift its focus from owning to making renting more attractive?Opinion · Toronto Star · Aug 8, 2025
• Katharine Lake Berz: Don’t boycott the states — do this insteadOpinion · Toronto Star · May 16, 2025
• Katharine Lake Berz: At an anti-Trump protest in Miami, I saw what happens when democracy loses its gripOpinion · Toronto Star · Apr 8, 2025
• Katharine Lake Berz: If he wins, Mark Carney will make a great prime minister. There’s just one advantage I wish he didn’t haveOpinion · Toronto Star · Mar 8, 2025
• Katharine Lake Berz: At two very different inauguration parties in Florida, I found something unexpected with Trump supporters: common groundOpinion · Toronto Star · Jan 22, 2025
• Katharine Lake Berz: I know the real Chrystia Freeland. This is who she isOpinion · Toronto Star · Dec 23, 2024
• Katharine Lake Berz: My generation was supposed to put a woman in the White House. We’ve been waiting for Kamala Harris for too longOpinion · Toronto Star · Nov 5, 2024
• Katharine Lake Berz: Israel is punishing all of Lebanon for Hezbollah’s sins. This is what Canada should do about itOpinion · Toronto Star · Sep 29, 2024
• Katharine Lake Berz: I know first hand that Lebanon is not HezbollahOpinion · Toronto Star · Sep 28, 2024
• Katharine Lake Berz: Canada is turning its back on Afghan women facing death and despairOpinion · Toronto Star · Aug 24, 2024
• Opinion | Me and Rainbow Eyes: How her house arrest let me get to know the Green Party’s new deputy leaderOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 20, 2022