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Michael Spratt
Last published Feb. 2026 · On our record since 2015
Where this writer stands
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Recent work
- For Today’s Conservatives, Misinformation Is the Norm | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Feb 1, 2026
- For Today’s Conservatives, Misinformation Is the Norm | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Feb 1, 2026
- Opinion: Mandatory minimum penalties harm the justice systemOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 19, 2022
- Spratt: Council should say no to increasing the Ottawa police budgetOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Dec 1, 2021
- Spratt and Richards: Ottawa police and prosectors were given a new power to unclog the court system. They've barely used itOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Jun 15, 2021
- Opinion | When politicians turn a blind eye to abuse in jails a culture of impunity is legitimizedOpinion · Toronto Star · Jan 18, 2021
- Spratt: Our jails are a petri dish for the rapid spread of coronavirus. Let's release non-violent inmatesOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Mar 15, 2020
- Spratt: Everyone loses as the effects of legal-aid cut hit OttawaOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Dec 6, 2019
- Spratt and McAleese: Canada’s record suspension system is punitive and must be fixedOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Mar 3, 2019
- Spratt: Liberals' new impaired-driving rules will inevitably target minoritiesOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Dec 19, 2018
- Spratt: On gun violence, Jim Watson and John Tory shoot from the lipOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Jul 4, 2018
- Spratt: Why the new justice reform bill, C-75, is anything but justOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Apr 1, 2018
- Spratt: Why the new justice reform, Bill C-75, is anything but justOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Apr 1, 2018
- Opinion: Why the new justice reform bill, C-75, is anything but justOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Apr 1, 2018
- Loblaws Skates on Price-fixing, Tried to Send Homeless Man to Jail | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Jan 10, 2018
- Why decriminalizing all drugs makes senseOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Aug 12, 2017
- Pass that Bill! Slow that One Down! On Harper's Hurry-Up Hypocrisy | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Mar 19, 2015