Oct 17 2021 — Lorrie Goldstein — Sun Media — Today, let’s consider the bafflegab Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson has been spouting recently about the Liberal record on climate change versus the Conservative one.
Oct 12 2021 — Lorrie Goldstein — Sun Media — When former Green Party leader Elizabeth May and Bloc Quebecois leader Yves-François Blanchet simultaneously declared the “death of oil” at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic last year, they revealed a fundamental misunderstanding of the law of supply and demand.
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.
Oct 10 2021 — Lorne Gunter — Sun Media — The Trudeau government’s mandatory vaccine policy for federal civil servants is like its supposed mandatory hotel quarantine for international travellers last spring. By that, I mean it is tough talk that amounts to nothing. The vaccine policy exempts tens of thousands of civil servants and will do very little to protect Canadians from COVID-19.
Oct 3 2021 — Lorrie Goldstein — Sun Media — While world leaders, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, gear up for yet another major United Nations meeting on climate change in Glasgow, Scotland in November, global greenhouse gas emissions are skyrocketing.
Oct 3 2021 — Lorne Gunter — Sun Media — On Tuesday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau reiterated that all federal civil servants will have be to vaccinated. He declared it one of his topic priorities. But missing from Trudeau’s announcement were an “Or else?” and a “When?”
Sep 26 2021 — Lorne Gunter — Sun Media — Should Erin O’Toole stay on as leader of the Conservative Party of Canada? After all, it was O’Toole and his closest advisers who decided all on their own (without authorization from caucus or members), to oversteer the party to the left without producing anything resembling an electoral breakthrough.
Sep 24 2021 — Lorne Gunter — Sun Media — An oilman named Scobey Hartley, a trusted adviser of Ralph Klein’s, once told me Alberta wasn’t special because it is the land of opportunity (which it is), it’s special because it’s the land of second chances, and third.
Sep 17 2021 — Sun Media — He was once cast as our knight in shining armour coming to our political rescue. Oh, how the mighty have fallen. He’s not out of the woods. Not yet. He gambles with COVID-19, we lose and many of his backers wonder how much longer they can hang in hoping for the bossman to get his […]
Sep 16 2021 — Lorrie Goldstein — Sun Media — Whatever concern Prime Minister Justin Trudeau expresses now about inflation rising at an annual rate of 4.1% in August — the biggest increase in 18 years — he already told us his real view about inflation in July, upon learning that the annualized increase that month was 3.7%.
Sep 16 2021 — Lorne Gunter — Sun Media — This is going to be a mess. There are slightly fewer restrictions than during Alberta’s previous lockdowns. And more exemptions. But the balance is not intuitive. The approach is inconsistent. Most people will find it impossible to figure out what is and isn’t allowed under the re-imposed restrictions. And that complexity and arbitrariness will make […]
Sep 12 2021 — Lorrie Goldstein — Sun Media — The hysterical reaction by Quebec and federal politicians to Bloc leader Yves-François Blanchet being asked about Quebec’s discriminatory language and secular legislation by moderator Shachi Kurl during Thursday’s English language leaders’ debate is absurd.
Sep 4 2021 — Lorrie Goldstein — Sun Media — Accusing the Conservative leader of having a “hidden agenda” on issues such as abortion and health care has been a successful mainstay of the federal Liberals’ election strategy for decades. But this time, for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, it’s not working because more Canadians believe Trudeau has a hidden agenda than Conservative leader Erin O’Toole.
Sep 4 2021 — Rick Bell — Sun Media — Get out those masks. Wash them good. Best be prepared. Now nothing is certain with the government of Premier Jason Kenney until top public health doc Deena Hinshaw and/or Health Minister Tyler Shandro and/or the big man himself gives the official pronouncement from on high.
Aug 31 2021 — Joe Oliver — Sun Media — It is premature for Erin O’Toole to measure the drapes for 24 Sussex, but he clearly has the all-important momentum. The Liberals are not yet reduced to saving the furniture, but their prospects for an easy stroll to a majority have evaporated.