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Mark Winfield

Mark Winfield

The Star

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Public backlash against data centres unites Canadians and Americans

Public backlash against data centres unites Canadians and Americans

The overwhelming choice of data centre developers has been fossil gas-fired or even diesel-powered generation.

03.09.2026 10

National Observer

Mark Winfield

The ballooning costs of Ford’s infrastructure strategy raise troubling questions

None of the projects in the Ontario government's growing infrastructure portfolio has been subject to any meaningful form of public assessment or...

01.09.2026 20

National Observer

Mark Winfield

The Ontario wildfires and Doug Ford’s record on climate change

A capstone on a portrait of policy failure

22.07.2026 40

Canadian Dimension

Mark Winfield

Canada’s dangerous nuclear gamble

The federal government’s new nuclear strategy promises energy security, but will deliver high costs and new vulnerabilities

01.07.2026 60

Canadian Dimension

Mark Winfield

Danielle Smith’s ‘referendum on a referendum’ can only produce losers

With Alberta Premier Danielle Smith setting an Oct. 19 date for a referendum on whether to have a referendum on Alberta separatism, the one thing that...

04.06.2026 30

The Hill Times

Mark Winfield

Ontario faces high cost and high-risk nuclear future

24.11.2025 40

Canadian Dimension

Mark Winfield

Bill removing internal trade barriers risks undermining policy innovation 

19.06.2025 50

The Hill Times

Mark Winfield