NEW: Enough's enough. That's the message from an exasperated Premier Doug Ford about the sniping from embattled ⁦Conservative Party⁩ Leader Pierre Poilievre's caucus toward his ⁦Ontario PC Party⁩ government. #onpoli #cdnpoli thestar.com/politics/provi…

Doug Ford badmouths judges so often it’s almost old news. Not this time. The big news is that Ontario’s judges have now pushed back with a counterattack. And told our injudicious premier to back off. My wknd column: thestar.com/politics/polit…

#Opinion Doug Ford has failed miserably to protect Ontario from a surge of measles trib.al/0FtAwXx #onpoli

Measles is spreading to every corner of the continent, but all pathways lead back to Ontario — and point to this province as a deadly vector for the virus. Why is Doug Ford’s govt paralyzed by inertia against the algorithms of anti-vaxers? Today's column thestar.com/politics/polit…

In my experience working around the world the management of measles is a marker of a jurisdiction's commitment to public education, value in preventative healthcare and the delivery of high quality healthcare. Ontario has not met this mark. Martin Regg Cohn thestar.com/politics/polit…

Opinion: Doug Ford has failed to protect Ontario from measles, via ⁦Martin Regg Cohn⁩ #onpoli thestar.com/politics/polit…

New #onpoli column from Martin Regg Cohn Doug Ford wants us all to show some love to Danielle Smith. What is he thinking? thestar.com/politics/polit… via @torontostar

See Doug Ford bashing Alberta Premier Danielle Smith for flirting with separatism. Hear him buttering her up by saying it’s time to “show some love” to Albertans. Can he square the circle? Friday's column thestar.com/politics/polit…

« Ontario’s problem is not just vaccine hesitancy but bureaucratic timidity and political infirmity. The tragedy of the measles story is not just about a natural virus but a man-made disaster that’s quintessentially Canadian. » Martin Regg Cohn thestar.com/politics/polit… via @torontostar

“Special Economic Zones” are coming to Ontario. A better description might be: “Zones of Special Superpowers for the Premier,” where democratic norms will be suspended until further notice. Tuesday's column thestar.com/politics/polit…

Now you know why Doug Ford called an early election. He got out ahead of a bad news budget. Call it the “Blame Trump Budget.” My column: thestar.com/politics/polit…

"Ford fetishized his temporary gas tax holiday by extending it annually ... That money could have helped provide stable funding for cash-starved colleges and universities, where government spending is set to drop from $14.2 billion last year to $12.8 billion by 2027-28." #onpoli

Toronto MP Nate Erskine-Smith was hardly alone in being bounced from cabinet. But by playing the victim in his own political game, Nate Erskine-Smith scored an “own goal.” Wednesday's column: thestar.com/politics/feder…

If Nate Erskine-Smith has become a political punchline, he’s only got himself to blame, Martin Regg Cohn writes. thestar.com/politics/feder… Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com

What is the state of Ontario’s college system, 60 years after its creation? Steve Paikin asks Ann Marie Vaughan (she/her/hers) (Humber Polytechnic) Maureen Adamson (Colleges Ontario), Lyn Whitham (George Brown College Centennial College), and Martin Regg Cohn (Toronto Star) #oncolleges #onpoli youtube.com/watch?v=J_7WRO…

Netanyahu is mounting a war with diminishing returns on the battlefield, waged for maximum dividends domestically. It comes at the cost of lives lost, but also losses in Israel’s standing abroad. It is an outlier among friends and an outlaw among enemies. thestar.com/politics/polit…

NEW: From Alex Ballingall 🫨 and me, Prime Minister Mark Carney's chief of staff, Marco Mendicino, is being touted as a challenger to Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow. (h/t Stephanie Ha and Vassy Kapelos.) #topoli #onpoli #cdnpoli thestar.com/politics/feder…

Doug Ford made peace with big construction unions by funding their preferred skills training programs. Call it the political re-education and re-election of the premier. But his play came at the expense of Ontario’s apolitical college campuses. My latest: thestar.com/politics/polit…

This is an excellent column on how Doug Ford's short-sighted cuts to colleges and universities are harmful to Ontario. @collegesontario Ontario's Universities Nolan Quinn #cdnpse #onpoli

Doug Ford is walking into a confrontation with Indigenous groups. To get shovels in the ground, he is wielding a sledgehammer in the legislature. Friday's column on why his playbook won’t work. thestar.com/politics/polit…