Toronto Star · The Globe and Mail · Ottawa Citizen
Steve Paikin
Publishing · On our record since 2009
Where this writer stands
Public safety1 piece
Prevention and restraintEnforcement and sentencing
“I am supportive of the premise of it. I would have loved to go to trial in two days. I think every victim survivor would like an expeditious trial. But there should have been a stipulation put in place that violence … we need an asterisk on that.” Read the piece
Trade1 piece
Diversify away from one partnerDeeper continental integration
“our chief negotiator Simon Reisman also picked up his binders and went home, rather than acquiesce to unacceptable American demands.” Read the piece
Only opinion columns and editorials are scored. Each piece is read twice by a language model, which records the author's own stance on a policy topic only where the piece argues one, with a quote that must appear in the piece. An author's position on a topic is the average of their pieces, weighted by the model's confidence. News reporting is listed but never scored.
Recent work
- Steve Paikin: Anna Porter and Eva Czigler recall witnessing the Hungarian RevolutionOpinion · Toronto Star · Oct 31, 2026
- Steve Paikin: Bob Rae and Rosalie Abella on the importance of dialogue and listening in the age of Donald TrumpOpinion · Toronto Star · Oct 17, 2026
- Steve Paikin: Carol Off on ideas vs. identity, and why she’s only recently discovered the depth of her patriotismOpinion · Toronto Star · Oct 10, 2026
- Steve Paikin: Charles MacDonald worked at Queen’s Park. He still wasn’t equipped to deal with Ontario’s health care systemOpinion · Toronto Star · Sep 19, 2026
- Steve Paikin: David Collenette was transport minister on September 11. ‘Canadians really know how to get things done and come together.’Opinion · Toronto Star · Sep 5, 2026
- If the Americans were surprised Canada walked away, they don’t know their historyOpinion · Toronto Star · Aug 27, 2026
- Steve Paikin: At a low point, he picked up a copy of the Star and read about an epic trail. Decades later, Rocco Rossi is a changed manOpinion · Toronto Star · Aug 11, 2026
- Steve Paikin: Evan Solomon on what we need to protect our sovereignty, and having his birthday on 4/20Opinion · Toronto Star · Aug 1, 2026
- Donald Trump’s shameless grift is changing unwritten political rulesOpinion · Toronto Star · Jul 25, 2026
- Steve Paikin: Rhonda McEwen on the ‘wicked problems’ she faced as president of U of T’s Victoria UniversityOpinion · Toronto Star · Jul 18, 2026
- Steve Paikin: How does former foreign affairs minister John Manley see America today?Opinion · Toronto Star · Jul 4, 2026
- Steve Paikin: Wearing his pride on his sleeve, Justice Harvey Brownstone on the kicks that made him who he isOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 27, 2026
- Steve Paikin: Mark Carney has the power to stop the Billy Bishop expansion. Now this long-time Liberal is calling on him to ‘do the right thing’Opinion · Toronto Star · Jun 6, 2026
- Steve Paikin: Regrets? Frank McKenna has a few, but this former premier just accomplished something astonishingOpinion · Toronto Star · May 23, 2026
- Steve Paikin: When does the Blue Jays president stop replaying the 11th inning of Game 7 of the 2025 World Series in his head?Opinion · Toronto Star · May 9, 2026
- Steve Paikin: Once a bookish background adviser, now he believes he has the best job in the worldOpinion · Toronto Star · Apr 25, 2026
- Steve Paikin: Nothing could prepare Peter Sloly for the Freedom Convoy. Four years on, the former police chief sees it as a turning point — for more than his own careerOpinion · Toronto Star · Apr 7, 2026
- Steve Paikin: On one score, no one matches Stephen LewisOpinion · Toronto Star · Apr 5, 2026
- Steve Paikin: David Frum on Trump’s Iran attack and why Carney’s Canada must be more ‘cold-blooded’ than ever beforeOpinion · Toronto Star · Mar 4, 2026
- Steve Paikin: He was once an architect of Mike Harris’s Common Sense revolution. Here’s what he thinks nowOpinion · Toronto Star · Feb 21, 2026
- Steve Paikin: He was once an architect of Mike Harris’s Common Sense revolution. Here’s what he thinks nowOpinion · Toronto Star · Feb 20, 2026
- Steve Paikin: The rules-based international order is officially dead. Has NATO suffered the same fate?Opinion · Toronto Star · Feb 7, 2026
- Steve Paikin: Historian Margaret MacMillan on the possibility of the next world war and why there is no satisfying Donald TrumpOpinion · Toronto Star · Jan 31, 2026
- Steve Paikin: Bob Rae, now a private citizen, tells it like it is. Sort ofOpinion · Toronto Star · Jan 17, 2026
- Steve Paikin: He’s known as one of Canada’s most innovative CEOs. Here’s what he thinks Mark Carney, and all Canadian leaders, get wrong about prosperityOpinion · Toronto Star · Jan 10, 2026
- Steve Paikin: He’s known as one of Canada’s most innovative CEOs. Here’s what he thinks Mark Carney, and all Canadian leaders, get wrong about prosperityOpinion · Toronto Star · Jan 9, 2026
- Steve Paikin: Sergio Marchi still believes in ethical politicians. Here’s whyOpinion · Toronto Star · Dec 20, 2025
- Steve Paikin: Sergio Marchi still believes in ethical politicians. Here’s why.Opinion · Toronto Star · Dec 19, 2025
- Steve Paikin: This actress’ abuse case was thrown out because of Jordan’s Law. Now she’s on a new missionOpinion · Toronto Star · Dec 6, 2025
- Steve Paikin: ‘What is it with the courts in the U.S. anyway?’ Rosalie Abella on where we learned democratic rightsOpinion · Toronto Star · Nov 15, 2025
- Steve Paikin: Martin Short gets serious about being a Canadian living in America and then dives into some fun stuffOpinion · Toronto Star · Nov 1, 2025
- Steve Paikin: She’s faced death threats and a kidnapping attempt, but Gretchen Whitmer refuses to demonize her opponentsOpinion · Toronto Star · Oct 15, 2025
- ‘It is an American problem’: Gretchen Whitmer won’t blame the left or right for political violence, even after being a kidnapping targetOpinion · Toronto Star · Oct 14, 2025
- Steve Paikin: The United Nations, set up to guard against atrocities, is fraying. Here’s how Canada could help repair itOpinion · Toronto Star · Oct 4, 2025
- How about: The United Nations, set up to guard against atrocities, is fraying. here’s how Canada could help repair itOpinion · Toronto Star · Oct 3, 2025
- Steve Paikin: There may be nostalgia at play, but I think there’s a deeper reason our provincial leaders are lackingOpinion · Toronto Star · Sep 18, 2025
- Steve Paikin: Ken Dryden shared plenty of wisdom with me over the years — and he gave me hell, tooOpinion · Toronto Star · Sep 17, 2025
- Steve Paikin: I’ve known Janice Stein for three decades, yet there was still one question I’d never asked her — till nowOpinion · Toronto Star · Aug 30, 2025
- Steve Paikin: This ‘Star Trek’ actor thought Toronto worked in the 1970s. He still thinks we have a lot going for us, despite ‘amazingly bad’ trafficOpinion · Toronto Star · Aug 12, 2025
- This ‘Star Trek’ actor thought Toronto worked in the 1970s. He still thinks we have a lot going for us, despite ‘amazingly bad’ trafficOpinion · Toronto Star · Aug 11, 2025
- Steve Paikin: Rhonda Lenton is stepping down from York University. Here’s what she has to say about eight years, strikes, and upholding free speech rightsOpinion · Toronto Star · Aug 2, 2025
- Steve Paikin: Dalton McGuinty is 70. Even the security guards at Queen’s Park don’t know who he is..And that’s how he wants it.Opinion · Toronto Star · Jul 19, 2025
- Steve Paikin: What democracy means to Canada’s greatest authorOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 23, 2021
- Opinion | What democracy means to Canada’s greatest authorOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 23, 2021
- Opinion | Politicians have partisan interests, that doesn’t make them corruptOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 9, 2021
- Steve Paikin: Politicians have partisan interests, that doesn’t make them corruptOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 9, 2021
- Opinion | Rethinking meritocracy to save democracyOpinion · Toronto Star · May 26, 2021
- Opinion | What Iceland can teach us about making democracy more inclusiveOpinion · Toronto Star · May 12, 2021
- Steve Paikin: How the civil service can protect our democracy — or subvert itOpinion · Toronto Star · Apr 28, 2021
- Opinion | How the civil service can protect our democracy — or subvert itOpinion · Toronto Star · Apr 28, 2021
- Opinion | What does voter turnout really say about a democracy?Opinion · Toronto Star · Apr 14, 2021
- Opinion | In the post-truth era, we need to bolster our arguments with empathyOpinion · Toronto Star · Mar 31, 2021
- Opinion | Can’t our democracy think bigger?Opinion · Toronto Star · Mar 17, 2021
- Steve Paikin: Canada’s free-speech deficit may be holding our democracy backOpinion · Toronto Star · Mar 3, 2021
- Opinion | Canada’s free-speech deficit may be holding our democracy backOpinion · Toronto Star · Mar 3, 2021
- Opinion | To promote democracy abroad, we need to practise it at homeOpinion · Toronto Star · Feb 17, 2021
- Opinion | Is Canada really safe from Trumpism?Opinion · Toronto Star · Feb 2, 2021
- Opinion | Is Canada really safe from Trumpism?Opinion · Toronto Star · Feb 2, 2021
- Opinion | TVO and the Star team up to talk democracyOpinion · Toronto Star · Jan 20, 2021
- Opinion | Robarts’ leadership in unifying the country 50 years ago should be celebratedOpinion · Toronto Star · Nov 26, 2017