Oct 10 2017 — Michael Coren — Toronto Star — Poor Rachael Harder. Denied the position of chair of the House Status of Women committee last Tuesday by those nasty and intolerant Liberals and New Democrats. And just because she is opposed to abortion. If they had genuinely believed in feminism and equality they would have welcomed this young woman to such a position.
Oct 3 2017 — Michael Coren — Now Toronto — Political commentators have been stunned by what they see as Conservative Party leader Andrew Scheer’s incompetence and dithering in his handling of recent controversies. Last week, it was his defence of MP Rachael Harder as his nominee to chair the House of Commons Standing Committee on the Status of Women. Harder is opposed to abortion […]
Sep 25 2017 — Michael Coren — iPolitics — Back in the early 1970s, the Irish national soccer team was of pretty poor quality. Sport is often political in Ireland and soccer was seen by some nationalists as a British import. As a result, players from outside the country with tenuous Irish connections were being sought out. One was Terry Mancini. He was never […]
Sep 6 2017 — Michael Coren — The Walrus — How religious zealots are gaining traction among Canada’s new era of conservatives. nybody who keeps an eye on Roman Catholic politics would not have been at all surprised by a recent article in La Civilta Cattolica, a Jesuit journal published in Rome which carries the Holy See’s stamp of approval. What appears in its pages, […]
Aug 15 2017 — Michael Coren — iPolitics — I’m in London, England right now on my annual trip to the homeland, and it’s easy to become detached from Canadian politics. It’s also liberating to not give a second thought to the latest shrieks from the Canadian hard right, which always fades into deserved obscurity when viewed from Europe or the United States. The […]
Aug 10 2017 — Michael Coren — Toronto Star — The Ontario government is committed to increasing the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2019. It’s still hardly a livable income but at long last something is being done to remedy the insultingly low current level of a little over $11.
Aug 8 2017 — Michael Coren — NOW Magazine — The next Ontario election is less than a year away, and Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario (PCPO) leader Patrick Brown should be a shoo-in for Premier by most media accounts. Brown has worked tirelessly to paint his party’s conservative blue in progressive shades of pro-gay pink and eco-friendly green. As those new TV ads featuring […]
Jul 27 2017 — Michael Coren — iPolitics — Until around four years ago, I was a relatively prominent voice on Canada’s political right. I hosted a prime-time television show for 16 years, three of them on Sun News. I wrote a syndicated column for the Sun newspaper group for more than a decade, hosted various shows on talk radio, wrote books with a […]
Jul 14 2017 — Michael Coren — Winnipeg Free Press — There’s been a great deal written about Omar Khadr in the past few days and I’m not going to pen yet another column on the subject. What is so revealing, however, is the response to the government’s apology and payment from the Conservative party and its followers. Frankly, Khadr has become a poster boy for […]
Jul 11 2017 — Michael Coren — iPolitics — Some years ago, I wrote a column and recorded some television broadcasts in which I condemned Omar Khadr. In the past four years I’ve changed my opinions and attitudes in any number of ways, but while I now believe that Khadr was appallingly treated — and that the government’s recent apology and compensation amounted to […]
Jun 11 2017 — Michael Coren — CBC — When British Prime Minister Theresa May called a snap general election back in April, she was supposed to have it in the bag. She had a lead of 20 points, and the consensus view was that Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn was horribly unpopular and his party doomed. He campaigned well, however, and May was truly […]
May 29 2017 — Michael Coren — The Walrus — This weekend’s contest for leadership of the Conservative Party of Canada seemed to stun the usual experts, who were incredulous at the success of candidates who not only oppose abortion, but also same-sex marriage and trans rights. I wasn’t.
May 8 2017 — Michael Coren — Toronto Star — For some of us, every day is a day of prayer. It’s not something we make a lot of noise about because, among other reasons, if we follow the Christian faith we’re supposed to avoid ostentatiousness in our devotions. Still, dialogue with the almighty is not exclusively private and personal. But it should never be […]
Apr 28 2017 — Michael Coren — CBC — It was summed by one of those wonderfully “ordinary” people, chosen by reporters precisely because they are so representative of the non-elites. Stranding on a typical British street, 75-year-old Brenda from Bristol was asked what she thought of an election being called. “You’re joking!” she said, obviously exasperated. “What, another one? I can’t stand this.” […]
Apr 10 2017 — Michael Coren — iPolitics — For anyone who has spent time in Syria or — as in my case — has written about it extensively as a journalist and for a university thesis, it’s odd to see how the media throws up a cadre of alleged ‘experts’ on the region with every new twist in the crisis. All of these […]