Martin Regg Cohn

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Recent work

• Martin Regg Cohn: Why Doug Ford’s OSAP scandal goes beyond private collegesOpinion · Toronto Star · Nov 11, 2026
• Martin Regg Cohn: This MPP is turning the Liberal leadership race into a real contest — but will anyone care?Opinion · Toronto Star · Nov 3, 2026
• Martin Regg Cohn: Trump’s trade war ballooned Ontario’s deficit. Doug Ford’s irresponsibility made it a recordOpinion · Toronto Star · Oct 29, 2026
• Martin Regg Cohn: Chow’s secret weapon wasn’t progressivism. It was moderation and a formidable ground gameOpinion · Toronto Star · Oct 27, 2026
• Martin Regg Cohn: After an ‘electoral apocalypse,’ Avi Lewis sees an opening for the leftOpinion · Toronto Star · Oct 24, 2026
• Martin Regg Cohn: Alberta’s referendum is over, but Danielle Smith’s reckoning is just beginningOpinion · Toronto Star · Oct 21, 2026
• Palestinian elections were postponed, again. But Canada's recognition was still the right moveOpinion · Toronto Star · Oct 20, 2026
• Who came out swinging? Our columnists score Chow, Bradford and Alexander in Toronto’s first full mayoral debateOpinion · Toronto Star · Sep 15, 2026
• Martin Regg Cohn: Doug Ford’s huge cabinet is another massive mistake he’ll survive — for nowOpinion · Toronto Star · Sep 12, 2026
• Martin Regg Cohn: Doug Ford’s Billy Bishop expansion plan was never going to fly. Is his government losing altitude?Opinion · Toronto Star · Jul 26, 2026
• Martin Regg Cohn: U.S. and Israel hoped the Iran war would bring change — or at least compliance. Instead, they got defianceOpinion · Toronto Star · Jul 14, 2026
• Martin Regg Cohn: In 2025, Doug Ford was Captain Canada. In 2026, let’s hope he does his real jobOpinion · Toronto Star · Dec 13, 2025
• Martin Regg Cohn: Ford and Carney took the measure of one another and found a good fit — Ontario may be better for itOpinion · Toronto Star · Apr 28, 2025
• Martin Regg Cohn: The real difference between Pierre Poilievre and Doug FordOpinion · Toronto Star · Mar 8, 2025
• Martin Regg Cohn: This is why Doug Ford’s popularity persists despite failures, boondoggles and imbrogliosOpinion · Toronto Star · Feb 23, 2025
• Martin Regg Cohn: This is why Doug Ford’s popularity persists despite failures, boondoggles and imbrogliosOpinion · Toronto Star · Feb 22, 2025
• Martin Regg Cohn: Donald Trump is proving that the power of politics is a ‘knife fight,’ says Bob Rae. Here’s whyOpinion · Toronto Star · Feb 9, 2025
• Martin Regg Cohn: Drug disasters bring Doug Ford and NDP’s David Eby closer togetherOpinion · Toronto Star · Sep 27, 2024
• Martin Regg Cohn: Dividing the Middle East into villains and victims will only sow deeper divisions at homeOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 7, 2024
• Martin Regg Cohn: Canadians are turning away from ChinaOpinion · Toronto Star · Feb 17, 2024
• Canadians are turning away from ChinaOpinion · Toronto Star · Feb 16, 2024
• Doug Ford needs to stop running for cover, and testify nowOpinion · Toronto Star · Oct 25, 2022
• Opinion | Brace yourself: 2 billion travellers are on track to hit the beaten pathOpinion · Toronto Star · Nov 13, 2021
• Opinion | We all agree on who shouldn’t be allowed to make political donations. Then it gets trickyOpinion · Toronto Star · Mar 16, 2021
• How Donald Trump coarsened Canadian politics. Even if he loses, Trumpism will live onOpinion · Toronto Star · Oct 11, 2020
• ‘She’s walked a mile in my shoes.’ Doug Ford offers courtesy and respect to the last person you would expectOpinion · Toronto Star · Sep 29, 2020
• ‘She’s walked a mile in my shoes.’ Doug Ford offers courtesy and respect to the last person you would expectOpinion · Toronto Star · Sep 29, 2020
• How Ontario’s doctors lost faith in Doug Ford — and each other | The StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Dec 13, 2018
• Opinion | With Doug Ford in the premier’s office, why bother with democracy?Opinion · Toronto Star · Sep 16, 2018
• Opinion | Never mind the charter, Doug Ford has diminished our democratic normsOpinion · Toronto Star · Sep 13, 2018
• Opinion | How Doug Ford trumped Caroline Mulroney — and all of us — on basic rightsOpinion · Toronto Star · Sep 11, 2018
• Opinion | The new Doug Ford reverts to his old selfOpinion · Toronto Star · Sep 9, 2018
• Opinion | Doug Ford’s conversion and confusion on free speech versus hate speechOpinion · Toronto Star · Sep 6, 2018
• Opinion | Courts are catching up to Ford’s ‘unlawful’ waysOpinion · Toronto Star · Sep 2, 2018
• Opinion | Don’t fall for a story about how only ‘the elderly’ fall for scamsOpinion · Toronto Star · Aug 28, 2018
• Opinion | Beware the dominoes from toppling statuesOpinion · Toronto Star · Aug 26, 2018
• Opinion | We dare not be complacent about diversity and toleranceOpinion · Toronto Star · Aug 23, 2018
• Opinion | How Doug Ford conjured up a war over refugeesOpinion · Toronto Star · Aug 21, 2018
• Opinion | My border encounter with a migrant familyOpinion · Toronto Star · Aug 19, 2018
• Opinion | Doug Ford gives away the store on cannabisOpinion · Toronto Star · Aug 16, 2018
• Opinion | Doug Ford savours his summer of loveOpinion · Toronto Star · Aug 14, 2018
• Opinion | Doug Ford summons his inner Dale CarnegieOpinion · Toronto Star · Jul 17, 2018
• Opinion | Amid backlash, Ford goes into damage controlOpinion · Toronto Star · Jul 15, 2018
• Opinion | The high cost of lower taxes in Doug Ford’s disrupted OntarioOpinion · Toronto Star · Jul 11, 2018
• Opinion | Despite the political environment, here’s one public servant Doug Ford can’t fireOpinion · Toronto Star · Jul 10, 2018
• Opinion | Ford Nation’s national agenda pushes past Ontario’s bordersOpinion · Toronto Star · Jul 8, 2018
• Opinion | Beware a wedge against ‘illegal’ refugee claimants by Premier Doug FordOpinion · Toronto Star · Jul 5, 2018
• Opinion | Pharmacare the first casualty of Doug Ford’s hasty hidden agendaOpinion · Toronto Star · Jul 3, 2018
• Martin Regg Cohn: Pharmacare the first casualty of Doug Ford’s hasty hidden agendaOpinion · Toronto Star · Jul 3, 2018
• Opinion | How Doug Ford fell in love with his own honeymoonOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 28, 2018
• Opinion | Behind the ‘change’ election that changed Ontario’s voters for the betterOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 26, 2018
• Opinion | The rise and fall of Kathleen Wynne’s LiberalsOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 21, 2018
• Opinion | Why Doug Ford wins even if Ontario pays the price on global warmingOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 19, 2018
• Opinion | Doug Ford will give us the carbon tax we never hadOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 14, 2018
• Opinion | The good news about Ontario’s June 7 electionOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 12, 2018
• Opinion | Why opposition politicians are officially status-consciousOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 7, 2018
• Opinion | ‘A government for the people’ — but will Doug Ford govern for all Ontarians?Opinion · Toronto Star · Jun 6, 2018
• Opinion | Why your vote is a terrible thing to wasteOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 5, 2018
• Opinion | Is Doug Ford his brother’s keeper?Opinion · Toronto Star · Jun 4, 2018
• Martin Regg Cohn: A voter’s guide to the 2018 Ontario electionOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 3, 2018