Tim Harper

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Recent work

• Tim Harper: For half a billion dollars, Blue Jays fans deserve better than Guerrero Jr.’s cop-out commentsOpinion · Toronto Star · Sep 25, 2026
• Tim Harper: Blue Jays provide a touch of much-need nirvanaOpinion · Toronto Star · Oct 9, 2025
• Tim Harper: We visit Florida every March to watch the Jays at spring training. But Donald Trump changed all thatOpinion · Toronto Star · Mar 18, 2025
• Tim Harper: We visit Florida every March to watch the Jays at spring training. But Trump changed all thatOpinion · Toronto Star · Mar 17, 2025
• Are challengers up for the debate? | The StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Oct 2, 2019
• Opinion | Doug Ford has given Trudeau and the federal Liberals the villain they needOpinion · Toronto Star · Sep 12, 2018
• Opinion | When it comes to guns, the Liberals, and Bill Blair, already know the answersOpinion · Toronto Star · Sep 5, 2018
• Opinion | Justin Trudeau is hoist with his own pipelineOpinion · Toronto Star · Aug 29, 2018
• Opinion | Don’t underestimate Maxime BernierOpinion · Toronto Star · Aug 22, 2018
• Opinion | Conservative eruptions are a gift for Justin Trudeau’s LiberalsOpinion · Toronto Star · Aug 15, 2018
• Opinion | For Jagmeet Singh, a byelection bid without a netOpinion · Toronto Star · Aug 7, 2018
• Opinion | Trudeau’s Liberals bending on climate change, but will they break?Opinion · Toronto Star · Aug 1, 2018
• Opinion | Is a handgun ban legally — or politically — complicated for Liberals?Opinion · Toronto Star · Jul 25, 2018
• Opinion | Bill Blair set to play good cop and bad copOpinion · Toronto Star · Jul 18, 2018
• Opinion | Trudeau gets out of the way and gives Trump his victory lap at NATO summitOpinion · Toronto Star · Jul 11, 2018
• Opinion | There is no Canadian push to boycott all things American, but there is a growing national response to Donald TrumpOpinion · Toronto Star · Jul 4, 2018
• On groping allegation, Trudeau ducks the rules he setOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 27, 2018
• Opinion | On groping allegation, Trudeau ducks the rules he setOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 27, 2018
• Opinion | Andrew Scheer shows staying power — even if voters don’t yet know himOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 20, 2018
• Opinion | Silent Liberals need to stake out the high ground as Trump cages childrenOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 18, 2018
• Opinion | Homegrown plants and cannabis T-shirts are no mountains to die onOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 13, 2018
• Opinion | For Trump, an embrace for a dictator and a back of the hand to an allyOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 11, 2018
• Opinion | Trudeau’s “Trump management” to be tested at summitOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 4, 2018
• Opinion | Justin Trudeau becomes the Pipeline Prime MinisterOpinion · Toronto Star · May 28, 2018
• Opinion | Liberals are courting a major problem with influx of asylum-seekersOpinion · Toronto Star · May 23, 2018
• Opinion | Consigning the Bob Rae monster to the pages of historyOpinion · Toronto Star · May 21, 2018
• Tim Harper: Consigning the Bob Rae monster to the pages of historyOpinion · Toronto Star · May 21, 2018
• Opinion | Jagmeet Singh and Andrea Horwath swap NDP rolesOpinion · Toronto Star · May 14, 2018
• Opinion | A Stephen Harper endorsement of Trump gives the Liberals a foreign policy openingOpinion · Toronto Star · May 9, 2018
• Opinion | Canadians end up the big losers in the apocalyptic climate change debateOpinion · Toronto Star · May 7, 2018
• Opinion | Amidst Senate efforts to slow the legalization of pot there are a couple of legitimate red flagsOpinion · Toronto Star · May 2, 2018
• Opinion | A good day for Parliament, a bad day for the churchOpinion · Toronto Star · Apr 30, 2018
• Tim Harper: A good day for Parliament, a bad day for the churchOpinion · Toronto Star · Apr 30, 2018
• Opinion | With elections looming, Canada cannot be complacent on policing social mediaOpinion · Toronto Star · Apr 16, 2018
• Opinion | Trudeau is in a pipeline box of his own makingOpinion · Toronto Star · Apr 9, 2018
• Tim Harper: Politicians beware, Canada’s millennial voting army is at the gatesOpinion · Toronto Star · Apr 4, 2018
• Opinion | Politicians beware, Canada’s millennial voting army is at the gatesOpinion · Toronto Star · Apr 4, 2018
• Opinion | Ontario’s Wynne brings back big deficits and Justin Trudeau could get sideswipedOpinion · Toronto Star · Mar 28, 2018
• Opinion | More risk than reward in six months of Jagmeet Singh’s NDP leadershipOpinion · Toronto Star · Mar 26, 2018
• Opinion | Firearm control bill a reminder that we have a gun problem, tooOpinion · Toronto Star · Mar 19, 2018
• Opinion | Lynn Beyak fights for right to fund her racist beliefs with tax dollarsOpinion · Toronto Star · Feb 28, 2018
• Opinion | On the India fiasco, Trudeau is looking for blame in all the wrong placesOpinion · Toronto Star · Feb 27, 2018
• Opinion | The national ripple effect of a western pipeline fightOpinion · Toronto Star · Feb 19, 2018
• Opinion | Politics, not independence, leads to Senate delay on pot legalizationOpinion · Toronto Star · Feb 14, 2018
• Opinion | Liberals must honour the memory of Colten Boushie by fixing a broken justice systemOpinion · Toronto Star · Feb 9, 2018
• Opinion | Streamlined environmental approval rules do not purge politics from the processOpinion · Toronto Star · Feb 7, 2018
• Opinion | Brace yourself for the return of Brian Mulroney and his legacyOpinion · Toronto Star · Feb 5, 2018
• Opinion | The challenges mount for Andrew ScheerOpinion · Toronto Star · Jan 31, 2018
• Opinion | Sexual harassment legislation alone cannot change the culture in OttawaOpinion · Toronto Star · Jan 29, 2018
• Opinion | The misguided attempts to bar Donald Trump from CanadaOpinion · Toronto Star · Jan 17, 2018
• Opinion | Trudeau dons his Teflon suit at town hall meetingsOpinion · Toronto Star · Jan 10, 2018
• Trudeau dons his Teflon suit at town hall meetings | Toronto StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Jan 10, 2018
• Opinion | The year Catherine McKenna must herd the cats for a national climate planOpinion · Toronto Star · Jan 3, 2018
• Opinion | Here are 10 who could shape the 2018 federal political agendaOpinion · Toronto Star · Dec 27, 2017
• Opinion | When it comes to the Middle East, Ottawa sits on its hands to keep Trump happyOpinion · Toronto Star · Dec 20, 2017
• Opinion | An ethics breach that should stick to Justin TrudeauOpinion · Toronto Star · Dec 19, 2017
• Tim Harper: Liberal caution risks costing Canadian a voice in the Middle EastOpinion · Toronto Star · Dec 6, 2017
• Opinion | Liberal caution risks costing Canadian a voice in the Middle EastOpinion · Toronto Star · Dec 6, 2017
• Opinion | The hefty price tag on righting historical wrongsOpinion · Toronto Star · Dec 4, 2017
• Opinion | A new generation of Canadian mayors looks to flex some muscleOpinion · Toronto Star · Nov 29, 2017