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 […]
Dec 19 2017 — Anthony Furey — Sun Media — Andrew Scheer is already talking with university administrators about enshrining free speech on campus and believes progress can be made. “There will be a substantial policy,” the Conservative leader told the Sun concerning his popular leadership race pledge to reduce federal funding if universities don’t champion freedom of speech on campus. “I believe in it […]
Dec 11 2017 — Anthony Furey — Sun Media — Ontario, Alberta and Parliament Hill. All governed by left-of-centre political leaders. All up for grabs in elections less than two years away. These jurisdictions’ respective conservative challengers are all now gearing up for the fight. Let’s take a look at those three politicians, each of whom has a different challenge ahead.
Dec 7 2017 — Anthony Furey — Sun Media — The ranks of the public service are increasing under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, new data released Thursday reveals. The number of public servants hit 262,696 in 2017, according to the Treasury Board of Canada. That’s an increase of 3,717 from last year’s figure.
Nov 29 2017 — Anthony Furey — Sun Media — The other week, a prominent Bay Street insider told me he couldn’t imagine Bill Morneau being the guy to table the next budget in 2018. There’s just too much dogging the beleaguered finance minister to have him stand up in the House of Commons and command the confidence of the nation’s various sectors that look […]
Nov 28 2017 — Anthony Furey — Sun Media — It’s an odd notion: Canada works with Cuba to get them to work with North Korea to get them, in turn, to work with the United States on cooling their nuclear ambitions. But it’s a worthwhile approach and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appears to have quietly positioned Canada to a play role in this global […]
Nov 19 2017 — Anthony Furey — Sun Media — Next weekend Ontario Progressive Conservative members will gather for their last big event before next year’s provincial election, the one where they hope to finally emerge victorious after 15 years of scandal-plagued Liberal rule. While talking together in the halls or huddled at social functions, both insiders and grassroots members will complain about one politician […]
Nov 15 2017 — Anthony Furey — Sun Media — The government’s launch of its own online promise tracker on Tuesday tells us that either the Liberals are incredibly naive or they think that of us. It’s hard to know which is worse. This initiative whereby the very people making (and sometimes breaking) these promises claim to accurately rate their progress deserves the same sort […]