Jul 25 2022 — Anthony Furey — National Post — After a stellar, decades-long career at Canada’s public broadcaster, Wendy Mesley made a big mistake: she used the “N-word” with colleagues, off the air, while talking about covering the racism issue. She paid dearly for it: her reputation was ruined, she was portrayed as a bigot and her nearly 40-year CBC career was flushed away. […]
Jul 10 2022 — Anthony Furey — Sun Media — Everyone likes a political drama, so it’s only natural that the story of Patrick Brown’s disqualification from the Conservative Party of Canada leadership race has generated several days of great excitement across the country, dominating national political news coverage.
Jun 26 2022 — Anthony Furey — Sun Media — There are some Canadians who may be under the mistaken impression that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s job is primarily to fly around the world attending climate parties, contract completely asymptomatic COVID multiple times and pal around with polarizing California Governor Gavin Newsom.
Jun 19 2022 — Anthony Furey — Sun Media — The past couple of weeks has brought us an alarming series of reports that indicate life in Canada is about to become a whole lot more challenging for millions of people. Manulife released a new survey revealing that a quarter of Canadian mortgage holders say they’ll have to sell their home if interest rates go […]
Jun 12 2022 — Anthony Furey — Sun Media — Canada’s woefully short summer is now in full swing and it would be a killjoy thing to do to ask people to stop and ponder whether or not we’ll soon be back to governments eyeing a return to COVID-19 restrictions. But the question needs to be asked.
Jun 5 2022 — Anthony Furey — Sun Media — Things are looking rough for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau when it comes to how the Emergencies Act inquiry might unfold. The past month or so has brought out a number of clarifications about what exactly transpired during this winter’s freedom convoy and what went on behind the scenes before and during the controversial invoking of […]
May 15 2022 — Anthony Furey — Sun Media — It’s nice to not have to think about COVID-19 all the time these days. People don’t really talk about it much anymore. The anticipated hostility between the masked and unmasked never materialized. It was all a social media creation. People have been easygoing and respectful of each other’s choices. As for the division of society […]
Apr 3 2022 — Anthony Furey — Sun Media — One year ago there was a lot of noise about the federal Liberal government looking for ways to regulate Internet content and effectively give themselves the power to censor people’s social media posts.
Mar 21 2022 — Anthony Furey — National Post — A few things have changed since Leslyn Lewis ran for the federal Conservative leadership in 2020 with an unexpectedly strong campaign. While government spending, debt and hostility toward the West and Canada’s resources have only gotten worse, she says the Liberal government’s questionable use of the Emergencies Act, the undermining of democratic institutions and the […]
Mar 6 2022 — Anthony Furey — Sun Media — The number of times someone has mentioned the name Jean Charest to me in the past decade, even if just in passing, is close to zero. The only time the former federal Progressive Conservative leader and Quebec Liberal Premier has really come up in conversation has been in the context of: “Omg, did you hear […]
Feb 13 2022 — Anthony Furey — Sun Media — A lot of people around the world are asking how it is that pleasant little Canada, of all places, has suddenly turned into a firebrand of a nation, spurring controversial blockades and convoy protests that are now being copied in other countries.
Nov 28 2021 — Anthony Furey — Sun Media — Do you want mature policies that work to get us back to normal or do you want to score cheap points to momentarily give you a bump in the polls? That’s the question I’d put to opposition leaders across Canada in this current moment, as hyped-up fears about a new variant do the rounds.
Oct 10 2021 — Anthony Furey — Sun Media — It’s quite something that New Brunswick has attempted to flat-out ban Thanksgiving gatherings this year and in Alberta their policy is that you can’t invite the non-vaccinated over. Thankfully the tone is milder here in Ontario, but that hasn’t stopped officials from still trying to inject their wisdom into family celebrations.
Aug 8 2021 — Anthony Furey — Sun Media — A year ago at this time, the biggest story in Canada was the WE charity scandal. The most dramatic parts of the controversy unfolded over a period of several weeks last summer, as the Kielburgers and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau testified before committee and Finance Minister Bill Morneau tendered his resignation from cabinet.
May 9 2021 — Anthony Furey — Sun Media — A friend of mine got to the point where he’d just had enough of Ontario. The other week he and his wife packed up the car and drove with the kids to the United States. They were able to get across because one of them is a dual national. Now, mere days after moving into […]