Jan 13 2019 — Anthony Furey — Sun Media — Just the other day, I was out for lunch with a senior public policy advisor and the conversation to drifted to how odd it is that for decades successive Canadian governments have been so enamoured with cozying up to the Chinese leadership in Beijing. Then, right at that moment, a former senior cabinet minister walked […]
Dec 18 2018 — Anthony Furey — Sun Media — In the immediate aftermath of the election of Donald Trump to the American presidency there was a sense of momentum in the air around populism. Will it happen here in Canada? Or elsewhere? And how soon? What form will it take? The Brexit vote had only just gone down a few months beforehand and European […]
Dec 12 2018 — Anthony Furey — Sun Media — Most of us would have taken the money and run. But not Omar Khadr. He’s back and asking for more. Last summer, when word got out that the government quietly gave the convicted killer $10.5 million, was the last time we had the Khadr debate. Now that Khadr is headed to an Edmonton courthouse on […]
Dec 7 2018 — Anthony Furey — Sun Media — It’s safe to say that there will be ramifications after Canada arrested the CFO of Huawei technologies last weekend at the behest of the United States. And they will be felt both here in Canada and around the world. Just what those will be, what form they will take, and what the next step is […]
Dec 3 2018 — Anthony Furey — Sun Media — As over-the-top virtue-signalling statements by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau go, this latest one has it all. Early Sunday morning, the PM issued an odd social media post directed at Trevor Noah, the host of the mildly amusing The Daily Show. Here it is in full: “Hey @Trevornoah – thanks for everything you’re doing to celebrate […]
Dec 2 2018 — Anthony Furey — Sun Media — If there’s any country that can speak with authority about the threats posed by China, it’s Taiwan. And its officials are urging Canada and other countries to pay close attention. They sure know what they’re talking about. Beijing currently has more than a thousand missiles aimed at the island country. But that’s far from the […]
Nov 22 2018 — Anthony Furey — Sun Media — Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau just announced something that was quite needed on Wednesday. But how he did it, and how he’s going to pay for it, that’s another question. For months now business leaders have been calling on the Liberals to help them out with their competitiveness problem. Ever since President Donald Trump slashed […]
Oct 9 2018 — Anthony Furey — Sun Media — The most compelling part of Stephen Harper’s new book, Right Here, Right Now, is that it lives up to its title. It’s not a trip down memory lane, like so many political memoirs, where a politician out to pasture regales the reader with stories of the past. In fact, this isn’t a memoir at all. […]
Apr 2 2018 — Anthony Furey — Sun Media — Catherine McKenna is getting a little testy. And you can certainly see why. The incoming national carbon tax that she’s been promoting alongside Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is really taking a beating. So much so that the majority of Canadians might be asking for its repeal come the next election.
Mar 27 2018 — Anthony Furey — Sun Media — Taking a page from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s playbook, Finance Minister Bill Morneau has taken it upon himself to mansplain women’s issues to one female parliamentarian and even call out those who disagree with him on the subject as “Neanderthals.” Conservative MP and former cabinet minister Lisa Raitt was grilling Morneau at the House of […]
Mar 23 2018 — Anthony Furey — Sun Media — For the longest time, U.S. President George W. Bush wasn’t seen as his own man. The Washington consensus was that there was a puppet master lurking behind the curtain: Vice-President Dick Cheney. And it was only after Bush sidelined Cheney during the later years of his tenure did he really come into his own.
Feb 27 2018 — Anthony Furey — Sun Media — Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s third budget released Tuesday is very much a left-wing document and they’re not even trying to hide the fact. For a supposedly financial document, it’s rife with identity politics — touching upon multiple issues of gender and race. Prior to the release they were teasing this as the first budget seen […]
Feb 20 2018 — Anthony Furey — Sun Media — To read it on paper, it’s a phenomenal plot. Patrick Brown, at the height of his powers, knocked off just before winning the prize of becoming premier of Canada’s most populous province. In his absence, schemers rush in to fill the vacuum. But ever so slowly the once and future king began plotting his return, […]
Feb 16 2018 — Anthony Furey — Sun Media — Patrick Brown is entering the Ontario PC party leadership race on Friday afternoon, the Toronto Sun has confirmed. In recent days, the Barrie region MPP and former party leader has been vigorously fighting back against allegations of sexual misconduct contained in a CTV News report.
Jan 2 2018 — Anthony Furey — Sun Media — Just weeks before the current people’s uprising in Iran began a Canadian senator stood up in the Red Chamber and urged his colleagues to take a tough stand against the dictatorial regime. Talk about timing. Conservative Sen. David Wells received zero press back when he spoke on Dec. 5. Now we can read his words […]