The Quest for Holy Joe’s Grail

The crusade against free trade was the latest in a long tradition of dragon slaying at The Toronto Star

On page 20 last November 22, The Toronto Star admitted it had lost. The people of Canada had voted against it, had “spoken convincingly.” An editorial, a quietly disappointed concession speech, signaled the end of the paper’s three-year fight to undo the free trade initiative. It was an emotional fight, one in which the Star […]