May 24 2020 — Anthony Furey — Sun Media — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has spent the past couple of months announcing a wide array of government pandemic relief programs to prop up the individuals and businesses who’ve watched the money dry up as the lockdowns closed the economy. The acronyms abound, with the CERB, CESB, CEWS and CEBA as the most well known. There’s […]
May 12 2020 — Anthony Furey — Sun Media — Remember a couple of weeks ago when the State of Georgia was re-opening and we were told the sky was going to fall? They were the first major jurisdiction to take the leap, re-opening many businesses on April 24 only a few weeks after first imposing their lockdown. The list of businesses included hair salons […]
May 3 2020 — Anthony Furey — Sun Media — The now tiresome mantra that “we’re all in this together” can only take us so far. It’s true in the sense that we’re all abiding by some form of government mandated physical distancing, eager to beat back the virus. But where it falls apart is in how different people are experiencing the consequences differently. For […]
Apr 5 2020 — Anthony Furey — Sun Media — What Canadians are facing as a nation has quickly gone from being a public health crisis to a whole-of-society one. It’s the same for many countries. Yet, not all countries are responding the same way to the coronavirus. And not all experts are urging the same action. Right now, Canadians are mostly on the same […]
Mar 31 2020 — Anthony Furey — Sun Media — The Liberal government is raising taxes in the middle of the coronavirus crisis, on April 1, no less. It sounds like an April Fools’ gag, doesn’t it? But it’s no joke. It’s real. On Wednesday, the federal carbon tax will increase by 50%, from the current $20 per tonne to $30 per tonne.
Mar 29 2020 — Anthony Furey — Sun Media — The past few days have seen ever-increasing and severe measures brought in to restrict Canadians’ fundamental liberties. For the most part, those measures have been received with widespread support because we understand what is at stake. That support will only last for so long though, especially if the measures get stricter and more difficult to […]
Mar 1 2020 — Anthony Furey — Sun Media — The other day I was reminiscing with a fellow parent about the widespread blackout that shut down the power for several days in Ontario and New York back in 2003. We both agreed that back then it felt like a somewhat cool thing to be a part of, from our much younger perspectives. I remember […]
Feb 24 2020 — Anthony Furey — Sun Media — It’s fairly common to hear politicians or activists announce a campaign to tackle a social plague like poverty or homelessness and even affix a hard target to it. They give themselves a certain number of years to considerably reduce the problem or even entirely eradicate the foe. While we all agree with the sentiment, we […]
Feb 23 2020 — Anthony Furey — Sun Media — Marilyn Gladu is an unlikely candidate and she clearly doesn’t care. The fourth official leadership candidate, Gladu is a relative unknown in the race to replace outgoing leader Andrew Scheer but you wouldn’t have guessed it based on her confident performance at a recent Sun editorial board meeting in Toronto. In fact, the two-term MP […]
Feb 1 2020 — Anthony Furey — Sun Media — Back in 2012, the chief medical officer of health for Ottawa voiced his support for some form of pop ban similar to what was being implemented in Manhattan at the time. It never came to pass but it still left locals scratching their heads. Why is controversial policy like this being pushed by a civil […]
Jan 26 2020 — Anthony Furey — Sun Media — I’ve been a vocal supporter of same-sex marriage since back when Liberals like Ralph Goodale were voting against it and I had many a hearty debate back in the day with those who obstinately objected to extending this liberty for all. But somehow I can’t bring myself to get worked up about recent comments made […]
Jan 4 2020 — Anthony Furey — Sun Media — There’s an eerie scene in the new documentary American Factory that needs to be watched by any Canadian who is still on the fence about the Huawei question. The 2019 film now available on Netflix — and executive produced by the Obamas — tells the story of what happens when a Chinese billionaire buys a […]
Dec 16 2019 — Anthony Furey — Sun Media — What do you get for the Prime Minister who has everything? An all-expenses-paid trip to a billionaire’s island? Maybe some non-denominational December holiday socks? How about Al Jolson’s greatest hits on Blu-Ray? That said, gifts may not be required on this occasion. What we’re celebrating – Justin Trudeau’s latest career move – may be the […]
Dec 4 2019 — Anthony Furey — Sun Media — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s caught-on-camera mocking of U.S. President Donald Trump is and isn’t a big deal. It depends on how you look at it. The clip of Trudeau seen in a ‘Mean Girls’ gaggle that included U.K. PM Boris Johnson and French President Emmanuel Macron has been the talk of the English-language political world. […]
Nov 30 2019 — Anthony Furey — Sun Media — Fine, you win media posse. I’ll write the “what to do about Andrew Scheer’s future” column. But here’s my main rule of engagement: Just like I only took a single puff of that cigarette back when it was pushed on me in the schoolyard – enough to get people off my back but not enough […]