Thomas Walkom, Toronto Star national affairs columnist, writes on political economy.
The winner of two national newspaper awards (foreign reporting and column writing), he was the Star’s Queen’s Park columnist for eight years. Before that, he wrote for the Globe and Mail - first as an Ottawa parliamentary reporter, then as Tokyo bureau chief.
He has a PhD in economics from the University of Toronto and is author of Rae Days: the rise and follies of the NDP, a book on Ontario’s first New Democratic Party government, that managed to make the best sellers’ list for about five minutes.
by Thomas Walkom from the Toronto Star
That Ontario elementary school teachers are threatening strike action is no surprise. The only surprise is that the decision took this long.
from The Toronto Star
Canada’s tainted meat scandal is growing. For beef eaters across the country, this is a serious health worry. For Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Conservatives, it is a defining moment…
by Thomas Walkom
In the dead heat of early August, the air is heavy with languor. Even the bees take it easy.
The new school year still seems years away. Contract negotiators for Ontario's school boards — as well as their teaching union counterparts — slumber peacefully in their hammocks.
