Toronto Star
Robin V Sears Published
Last published April 2016 · On our record since 2012
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Recent work
- Thomas Mulcair's very Canadian execution | Toronto StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Apr 11, 2016
- Liberals roll the dice with ambitious budget | Toronto StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Mar 23, 2016
- Val Sears understood the power of principled storytelling | Toronto StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Jan 25, 2016
- Three big tests for Justin Trudeau | Toronto StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Dec 27, 2015
- We must not allow terrorists to turn us into beasts | Toronto StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Nov 16, 2015
- Ottawa returns to normal after Stephen Harper’s dark decade | Toronto StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Oct 21, 2015
- Stephen Harper's trade-deal bet unlikely to pay off | Toronto StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Oct 6, 2015
- Stephen Harper’s dog-whistle populist politics | Toronto StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Oct 4, 2015
- Why parties still ‘knock up’ voters | Toronto StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Sep 26, 2015
- Election debates too important to be left to amateurs | Toronto StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Sep 21, 2015
- Here come the lawn sign wars | Toronto StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Sep 8, 2015
- The cost of mindless, heartless message control | Toronto StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Sep 4, 2015
- Justin Trudeau’s Liberals attempt risky rebranding | Toronto StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Sep 1, 2015
- Leaders, please give us answers, not insults | Toronto StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Aug 25, 2015
- Tories face high cost of mishandled scandal | Toronto StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Aug 18, 2015
- Political parties’ nomination nightmare | Toronto StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Aug 11, 2015
- Stephen Harper's toughest battle yet | Toronto StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Aug 7, 2015
- Early election call shows Stephen Harper’s hubris | Toronto StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Aug 3, 2015
- The sudden mysterious rise of Thomas Mulcair | Toronto StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Jul 28, 2015
- Justin Trudeau’s rigour problem | Toronto StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Jul 21, 2015
- In federal race, the party that adapts will win | Toronto StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Jul 14, 2015
- What Canada can learn from the EU crisis | Toronto StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Jul 7, 2015
- Want to win votes? Hire an American campaign guru | Toronto StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Jul 4, 2015
- Why Stephen Harper can’t build a ‘natural governing party’ | Toronto StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Jul 1, 2015
- Rise of Canadian PACs corrodes our democracy | Toronto StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 23, 2015
- Harper government past its best-before date | Toronto StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 16, 2015
- Conservatives play risky game with politics of division | Toronto StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 9, 2015
- Canadian political campaigning enters the social-media age | Toronto StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 4, 2015
- How to create a 21st-century leaders’ debate | Toronto StarOpinion · Toronto Star · May 26, 2015
- End of an era for the Leader's Tour | Toronto StarOpinion · Toronto Star · May 19, 2015
- Rachel Notley gets off on the right foot | Toronto StarOpinion · Toronto Star · May 13, 2015
- Canada’s most unpredictable federal campaign in a generation | Toronto StarOpinion · Toronto Star · May 5, 2015
- Fixed election dates don't work | Toronto StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Apr 28, 2015
- Budgets a strange brew of politics and fiscal policy | Toronto StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Apr 21, 2015
- Leaders fail to see that politics is not governing | Toronto StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Feb 20, 2015
- Don’t shun Europe’s new left | Toronto StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Feb 13, 2015
- Picnic in 1989 kicked out first brick in Berlin Wall | Toronto StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Aug 8, 2014
- Ontario Liberals’ tough morning-after reality | Toronto StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 12, 2014
- Why does Andrea Horwath enrage some New Democrats so? | Toronto StarOpinion · Toronto Star · May 25, 2014
- Justin Trudeau’s Senate gambit could have been a triumph | Toronto StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Jan 29, 2014
- What Harper, Ford and McGuinty can learn from Chris Christie | Toronto StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Jan 8, 2014
- thestar.comOpinion · Toronto Star · Jan 8, 2014
- The high price of a year of political scandal | Toronto StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Dec 25, 2013
- Grits’ byelection night triumph all in the spin | Toronto StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Nov 25, 2013
- Alternatives to Stephen Harper a study in contrasts | Toronto StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 13, 2013
- The AFN and the PM: Retiring the missionaries | Toronto StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Apr 20, 2013
- In selecting Kathleen Wynne, Ontario Liberals flash a rare display of political genius | Toronto StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Jan 28, 2013
- Ontario needs to rediscover the lost art of minority government | Toronto StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Dec 29, 2012
- Voters give new meaning to ‘peace, order and good government’ | Toronto StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Apr 24, 2012