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Marcus Gee
Publishing · On our record since 2004
Where this writer stands
Fiscal policy1 piece
Higher taxes and public spendingLower taxes and tighter spending
“But the same gung-ho, damn-the-torpedoes spirit gave Britain the national embarrassment that is HS2. Let's not make the same mistake.” Read the piece
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Recent work
- Does anybody really know what time it is?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Nov 7, 2026
- The voodoo economics of the rightOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 31, 2026
- Olivia Chow’s mayoral win was not a vote for Toronto’s status quoOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 26, 2026
- Why Toronto’s election is suddenly a horse raceOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 24, 2026
- Sadly, we might be repeating Britain’s high-speed rail mistakesOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 3, 2026
- Say its nameOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 26, 2026
- In polarized times, Ford and Chow have an unusual partnershipOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 18, 2026
- Opinion: A transit blunder in the name of equityOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jan 1, 2026
- Opinion: Why Doug Ford is wrong about speed camerasOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 12, 2025
- Opinion: Why the world is better than you thinkOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Apr 10, 2025
- Opinion: Putin, in his own words, told us long ago that Russia would invade UkraineOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 17, 2022
- Opinion: The antidote to fake facts: real onesOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 17, 2020
- Opinion: Last call at Allen’s: A bittersweet moment as Toronto re-enters lockdownOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Nov 22, 2020
- Opinion: Reconciliation means reckoning with the past. I’m now coming to terms with the harm my great aunt caused Indigenous peopleOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jun 18, 2020
- Opinion: Let’s value our personal support workersOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Apr 23, 2020
- The Doug Ford-Ron Taverner affair isn’t overOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 7, 2019
- Keesmaat poses a challenge to Toronto Mayor John Tory, and that’s good for the city’s democracyOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jul 27, 2018
- Gun violence must not stop the police transformation in TorontoOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jul 12, 2018
- Three ghost rides to memorialize cyclists are three too manyOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jun 20, 2018
- When it comes to proposed Hydro One solutions, voters must choose between three poor optionsOpinion · The Globe and Mail · May 14, 2018
- What on earth is the responsible Ontario voter to do?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · May 7, 2018
- Wynne is right: Ford is our TrumpOpinion · The Globe and Mail · May 1, 2018
- Toronto’s Cabbagetown neighbourhood picks its latest opponent: a daycareOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Apr 10, 2018
- Let’s not go sour so soon on the Sidewalk Labs' urban-improvement project in TorontoOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 1, 2018
- Let’s not go sour so soon on the Sidewalk Labs' urban-improvement project in TorontoOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 1, 2018
- Let’s not go sour so soon on the Sidewalk Labs' urban-improvement project in TorontoOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 1, 2018
- Are Toronto police playing the blame game with the Bruce McArthur case?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Feb 26, 2018
- Are Toronto police playing the blame game with the Bruce McArthur case?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Feb 26, 2018
- Are Toronto police playing the blame game with the Bruce McArthur case?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Feb 26, 2018
- John Tory’s middle-of-the-road straddling is an awkward stretch on Yonge StreetOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Feb 22, 2018
- John Tory’s middle-of-the-road straddling is an awkward stretch on Yonge StreetOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Feb 22, 2018
- John Tory’s middle-of-the-road straddling is an awkward stretch on Yonge StreetOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Feb 22, 2018
- Toronto police union’s scaremongering is falling flatOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Feb 21, 2018
- Toronto police union’s scaremongering is falling flatOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Feb 21, 2018
- Toronto police union’s scaremongering is falling flatOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Feb 21, 2018
- Forget the TTC vision, just make the subways runOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Feb 6, 2018
- Forget the TTC vision, just make the subways runOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Feb 6, 2018
- Forget the TTC vision, just make the subways runOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Feb 6, 2018
- Chaotic times in Ontario politics prove it’s wise to expect the unexpectedOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Feb 1, 2018
- Chaotic times in Ontario politics prove it’s wise to expect the unexpectedOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Feb 1, 2018
- Toronto’s downtown relief subway line cannot be put off any longerOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jan 30, 2018
- Toronto’s downtown relief subway line cannot be put off any longerOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jan 30, 2018
- Case of suspected Toronto serial killer raises all sorts of questionsOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jan 28, 2018
- Bruce McArthur case: Police show their blind spots in handling disappearances of marginalized peopleOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jan 28, 2018
- Have Ontario’s Liberals learned a lesson from the gas-plants mess?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Jan 22, 2018
- Have Ontario’s Liberals learned a lesson from the gas-plants mess?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Jan 22, 2018
- Toronto police response to gay-village disappearances demands explanationOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jan 17, 2018
- Toronto police response to gay-village disappearances demands explanationOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jan 17, 2018
- Toronto has no good reason to delay police reformsOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jan 16, 2018
- Toronto has no good reason to delay police reformsOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jan 16, 2018
- Transit has to be king in the 21st-century cityOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jan 11, 2018
- Transit has to be king in the 21st-century cityOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jan 11, 2018
- Transit has to be king in the 21st-century cityOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jan 11, 2018
- Transit has to be king in the 21st-century cityOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jan 11, 2018
- Transit has to be king in the 21st-century cityOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jan 11, 2018
- Transit has to be king in the 21st-century cityOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jan 11, 2018
- The blame game will not solve Toronto’s homelessnessOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jan 8, 2018
- The blame game will not solve Toronto’s homelessnessOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jan 8, 2018
- The blame game will not solve Toronto’s homelessnessOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jan 8, 2018
- The blame game will not solve Toronto’s homelessnessOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jan 8, 2018