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Tom Walkom

@TomWalkom

Political columnist, Toronto Star

 Canada
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Joined March 2011
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Sports teams at forefront of efforts to purify language thestar.com/opinion/contribu… via @torontostar
Thomas Walkom: How far will drive to rename sports teams take us?

Thomas Walkom: How far will drive to rename sports teams take us?

Edmonton’s football team had no connection to Canada’s Inuit, so dropping the name Eskimos makes sense, but it’s not far-fetched to imagine how far this could go in the current climate.

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Air Canada cuts are proof it’s time for reregulation thestar.com/opinion/contribu… via @torontostar
Thomas Walkom: Air Canada cuts are proof it’s time for reregulation

Thomas Walkom: Air Canada cuts are proof it’s time for reregulation

The carrier cited COVID-19 for the route reduction but its decision to shutter operations entirely at some airports suggests the route are not coming back, even after a recovery.

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Why Canada exploits temporary foreign workers thestar.com/opinion/contribu… via @torontostar
Thomas Walkom: Why Canada exploits temporary foreign workers

Thomas Walkom: Why Canada exploits temporary foreign workers

It is said temporary foreign workers do the jobs that Canadians aren’t willing to take. A more accurate way to put it is that temporary foreign workers do the jobs Canadians aren’t willing to take at...

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COVID-19 is no longer the dominant political concern thestar.com/opinion/contribu… via @torontostar
Thomas Walkom: COVID-19 is no longer the dominant political concern

Thomas Walkom: COVID-19 is no longer the dominant political concern

Prime Minister Trudeau’s attending a public demonstration against racism, signalled a shift away from the pandemicction.

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Two systems were promised, but so was one country when China took control of Hong Kong thestar.com/opinion/contribu… via @torontostar
Thomas Walkom: Two systems were promised, but so was one country when China took control of Hong...

Thomas Walkom: Two systems were promised, but so was one country when China took control of Hong...

Up to now, the government in Beijing has shown an unusual degree of forbearance toward the often violent antiregime street protests in Hong Kong. Don’t expect that to last.

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Ontario’s long-term care horrors are no surprise thestar.com/opinion/contribu… via @torontostar
Thomas Walkom: Ontario’s long-term care horrors are no surprise

Thomas Walkom: Ontario’s long-term care horrors are no surprise

The list of horrific findings by Canada’s military about the treatment of seniors in long-term care facilities has been well documented for years, including reporting by the Toronto Star since 2003.

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Is Doug Ford finally getting serious about long-term care? thestar.com/opinion/contribu… via @torontostar
Thomas Walkom: Is Doug Ford finally getting serious about long-term care?

Thomas Walkom: Is Doug Ford finally getting serious about long-term care?

Who will fix long-term care? Justin Trudeau? Probably not. Doug Ford? Perhaps. If public outrage continues, he may have no choice politically.

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Neo-liberalism may be another COVID-19 victim thestar.com/opinion/contribu… via @torontostar
Thomas Walkom: Neo-liberalism may be another COVID-19 victim

Thomas Walkom: Neo-liberalism may be another COVID-19 victim

Neo-liberalism is built the free movement of goods and services, the free movement of capital and the free movement of labour. Now we have a pandemic that strikes right at the heart of globalization.

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COVID-19 creates opportunities for Canada’s centre-left thestar.com/opinion/contribu… via @torontostar
Thomas Walkom: COVID-19 creates opportunities for Canada’s centre-left

Thomas Walkom: COVID-19 creates opportunities for Canada’s centre-left

The pandemic has underscored the utility of strong government action. It has given the sometimes leftish Liberals an opportunity. We shall see if they have the wit to use it.

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A pandemic is no time to abandon politics thestar.com/opinion/contribu… via @torontostar
Thomas Walkom: A pandemic is no time to abandon politics

Thomas Walkom: A pandemic is no time to abandon politics

Politics is the centrepiece of the liberal democratic system. It is how things get done.

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COVID-19 crises creates long-neglected opporutunity to fix long-term care thestar.com/opinion/contribu… via @torontostar
Thomas Walkom: COVID-19 crisis creates long-neglected opportunity to fix long-term care

Thomas Walkom: COVID-19 crisis creates long-neglected opportunity to fix long-term care

Canada’s long-term care system barely functions at the best of times. In moments of crisis like the current COVID-19 pandemic, it is impossible. The politicians know what must be done.

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Mel Watkins warned us of Canada’s current COVID-19 predicament thestar.com/opinion/contribu… via @torontostar
Thomas Walkom: Mel Watkins warned us of Canada’s current COVID-19 predicament

Thomas Walkom: Mel Watkins warned us of Canada’s current COVID-19 predicament

The pandemic has once again illustrated Canada’s weaknesses. We produce the raw materials used to make the crucial N95 protective face masks but we do not produce the masks themselves, leaving us at...

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With global trade all bets are off during a pandemic thestar.com/opinion/star-col… via @torontostar
Thomas Walkom: With global trade all bets are off during a pandemic

Thomas Walkom: With global trade all bets are off during a pandemic

Canada has learned the hard way that it cannot supply necessary medical equipment when global trade is locked down. In the short term, we can produce these products at home but what happens when life...

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Our governments are not taking COVID-19 seriously enough thestar.com/opinion/contribu… via @torontostar
Thomas Walkom: Our governments are not taking COVID-19 seriously enough

Thomas Walkom: Our governments are not taking COVID-19 seriously enough

If the experience of Spain and Italy is any indication, Canada’s governments have not done nearly enough to slow the virus down.

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Liberal bolstering of social safety net should be more ambitious thestar.com/opinion/star-col… via @torontostar
Thomas Walkom: Liberal bolstering of social safety net should be more ambitious

Thomas Walkom: Liberal bolstering of social safety net should be more ambitious

The coronavirus crisis is forcing the government to rebuild the social program a previous Liberal regime deliberately dismantled, Thomas Walkom writes

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Liberal bolstering of social safety net should be more ambitious thestar.com/opinion/star-col… via @torontostar
Thomas Walkom: Liberal bolstering of social safety net should be more ambitious

Thomas Walkom: Liberal bolstering of social safety net should be more ambitious

The coronavirus crisis is forcing the government to rebuild the social program a previous Liberal regime deliberately dismantled, Thomas Walkom writes

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Thomas Walkom: Is Canada too low-key in response to COVID-19? thestar.com/opinion/contribu… via @torontostar
Thomas Walkom: Is Canada too low-key in response to COVID-19?

Thomas Walkom: Is Canada too low-key in response to COVID-19?

Canada has not banned flights, or locked down parts of the country, as other nations have. But given 30 to 70 per cent of Canadians are expected to be infected, shouldn’t it be doing more?

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Despite his faults, comfortable Joe Biden is on a roll thestar.com/opinion/contribu… via @torontostar

Thomas Walkom: Despite his faults, comfortable Joe Biden is on a roll

Joe Biden does not have the Democratic nomination sewn up, but his remarkable comeback this week gives the gaff-prone, uncool former VP the edge over Sen. Bernie Sanders.

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Blockades have exposed the contradictions of Justin Trudeau’s ambitious reconciliation agenda thestar.com/opinion/contribu… via @torontostar

Thomas Walkom: Blockades have exposed the contradictions of Justin Trudeau’s ambitious reconcilia...

What is meant by a nation-to-nation relationship between the Liberals and Indigenous groups is not unclear. Do the Liberals mean nation in a vague cultural sense, in the way that Quebec is viewed as...

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The changing nature of Indigenous politics thestar.com/opinion/contribu… via @torontostar

Thomas Walkom: The changing nature of Indigenous politics

The changing nature of Indigenous politics has brought to the fore long-simmering tensions within First Nations, between those who support elected councils and chiefs and those who favour traditional...

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