A wonky constitutional debate has emerged online over who should get first crack at governing in the scenario in which the Conservatives win a minority — Pierre Poilievre as the victorious challenger or Justin Trudeau as the incumbent. While the debate technically hinges on constitutional convention, True North’s Andrew Lawton says the Laurentian “experts” are missing the most important part of democracy, which is legitimacy in the eyes of the people supposedly being represented. Also, British C...
Jul 19, 2023•36 min
Justin Trudeau has sided with gender ideology over Muslims in Canada’s latest cultural battle. While Muslim families across the country have expressed concern about what kids are being taught in schools, Trudeau says they’re actually being coopted by the “far right” and “American right wing.” True North’s Andrew Lawton talks about parental rights with RightNow co-founded Alissa Golob. Also, a new essay in C2C Journal by researcher Gleb Lisikh reveals the two critical tools the government used in...
Jul 18, 2023•40 min
The Aristotle Foundation’s new book, The 1867 Project, makes the case that Canada should be cherished, not cancelled. On the eve of Canada Day – or Dominion Day, rather – True North’s Andrew Lawton does a deep dive into just why the activists who malign and denigrate Canada are just plain wrong. In this edition of the show, Andrew talks to the editor of The 1867 Project, Dr. Mark Milke, and two of its contributors, Mount Allison University professor Dr. Rima Azar and professor emerita and former...
Jun 30, 2023•34 min
Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre has said that Justin Trudeau needs to “butt out” of New Brunswick politics, to the New Brunswick Conservatives’ policy requiring parental consent for a student under 16 to change their officially change their gender in school. Poilievre said provinces should decide educational policy and parents should decide how to raise children. True North’s Andrew Lawton says the Conservatives need to be more forceful in their support of parental rights, especially since ...
Jun 28, 2023•38 min
Bill C-18 – one of Justin Trudeau’s internet regulation bills – is now law, prompting Facebook to ban news so as to avoid having to pay out media outlets. While Facebook made the decision to block news links, True North’s Andrew Lawton points out that the whole thing is Trudeau’s fault, as he’s the one who thinks Big Tech needs to subsidize the legacy media. Plus, 330 active duty and former members of the Canadians Armed Forces have launched a lawsuit against the Canadian military over the vacci...
Jun 26, 2023•38 min
Canada, a nation once celebrated for its unwavering commitment to freedom and democracy, now finds itself besieged by a relentless series of attacks to its history and national identity. How did it get this way? 1867 Project editor Dr. Mark Milke joins True North’s Andrew Lawton to discuss the profound issues plaguing Canada’s social fabric, and why Canada should be cherished—not cancelled. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 23, 2023•36 min
For most of the last 16 months, Freedom Convoy fundraiser and spokesperson Tamara Lich has been silenced by bail conditions preventing her from speaking about the protest for which she faces criminal charges. Now, for the first time, she and True North's Andrew Lawton sit down on camera to talk about this pivotal moment in Canadian history and the fight against vaccine mandates. Lich tells all in a new book called Hold the Line: My Story from the Heart of the Freedom Convoy. In this lengthy inte...
Jun 23, 2023•1 hr 15 min
Four ridings held by-elections yesterday, in which the Conservatives and Liberals each held onto their two seats. Even so, the Conservatives had a tougher fight than usual to win the southwestern Ontario riding of Oxford, while the People's Party of Canada and its leader Maxime Bernier failed to live up to their 2021 performance in Portage–Lisgar in rural Manitoba. True North's Andrew Lawton breaks down the results and what they mean for the Conservatives and the PPC moving forward. Also, Canada...
Jun 23, 2023•35 min
Many legal challenges against Canadian Covid restrictions and mandates have fallen flat, with judges embracing deference to government focusing more on the “reasonable limits” to Charter freedoms rather than the freedoms themselves. Beyond this, professional misconduct processes are weaponized against dissident thinkers, longstanding legal norms have been upended, and public confidence in the law impugned. Law professor and C2C Journal contributor Bruce Pardy says there’s been a “descent of Cana...
Jun 16, 2023•39 min
Despite previous claims that Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino’s office had no idea that convicted killer Paul Bernardo was getting transferred to medium security, in fact, Mendicino’s staff knew for three months that the transfer was going to happen. Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre is calling on Mendicino to resign, though all the public safety minister is committing to is a new “policy directive” allowing for more information to be shared. Also, True North’s Andrew Lawton weighs in o...
Jun 14, 2023•40 min
Justin Trudeau blames “far-right political actors” over what he says is a rise in “hate” against trans kids, referring to a policy in New Brunswick that teachers must notify parents if they learn a child of theirs under 16 seeks to change their gender. New Brunswick premier Blaine Higgs has pushed back, saying Trudeau doesn’t support parents. News Forum host and parental rights advocate Tanya Granic Allen joins True North’s Andrew Lawton to discuss. Also, Justice Russell Brown has resigned from ...
Jun 13, 2023•42 min
As religious liberties face unprecedented challenges in Canada, many Christians are starting to collectivize and take political action to protect their rights and freedoms. True North’s Andrew Lawton discusses the concerning state of religious liberty, and how some groups are pushing back, with Pastor Jacob Reaume of the Trinity Bible Chapel. Plus, a free speech event was cancelled last month by the London Public Library, despite its stated commitment to “intellectual freedom.” Chiang Mai Univer...
Jun 10, 2023•40 min
People’s Party of Canada leader Maxime Bernier and his Conservative opponent in Portage–Lisgar, Branden Leslie, sparred on Twitter yesterday as to where they stand on the World Economic Forum – and specifically whether Bernier has ever been to the WEF’s annual meeting. True North’s Andrew Lawton chimed into say that despite Bernier’s claim of never having attended the WEF, the record shows he did. Bernier disputes this, so in this bonus edition of The Andrew Lawton Show, Lawton and Bernier have ...
Jun 08, 2023•20 min
A group of Canadian corporations – including Desjardins and Telus – have co-authored a white paper not only endorsing digital ID, but calling it a “necessary evolution for society.” True North’s Andrew Lawton says there’s no denying it’s coming, so people have to start desisting the digitization of identity now. He talks about it further with Luke Neilson of the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms. Then, Canadian Taxpayers Federation federal director Franco Terrazzano joins to discuss tod...
Jun 07, 2023•42 min
Among the World Health Organization’s plans to “better protect citizens” is to globalize the European Union’s vaccine passport, making an international standard for proving vaccination status as a ticket to board plans and visit other countries. This comes as the World Health Assembly continues to move towards a global pandemic treaty, which it hopes to finalize next year. True North’s Andrew Lawton talks about what’s at stake with former congresswoman and presidential candidate Michele Bachmann...
Jun 06, 2023•43 min
Pride Month – or Pride Season, as the government of Canada now calls it – has begun, meaning corporate logos have been cloaked in rainbows and the the Toronto Transit Commission has even replaced its subway chime with a “2SLGBTQQIA choir.” True North’s Andrew Lawton says much of these proclamations amount to little more than virtue signalling. Also, what does Danielle Smith’s win mean for Albertans and Canadians? Kris Sims from the Canadian Taxpayers Federation joins to discuss. Learn more about...
Jun 01, 2023•42 min
NDP leader Jagmeet Singh says he’s not going to pull his support for the Trudeau Liberals over their bungling of China’s election interference, at least not until his confidence in the electoral system is restored. In other words, Singh is rewarding the Liberals for the very reason he’s been criticizing them. This is a level of incoherence only Singh can achieve, True North’s Andrew Lawton says. Also, Danielle Smith and the United Conservative Party continue to govern Alberta after winning a maj...
May 31, 2023•34 min
Former Global News director Anita Krishna appeared before the National Citizens’ Inquiry last week, sharing how she believed the legacy media, including her old employer, fostered paranoia and fear through Covid coverage. She joins The Andrew Lawton Show for an extensive conversation about media bias and challenging the narrative. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 26, 2023•37 min
David Johnston has recommended against a public inquiry, which is really convenient for Justin Trudeau, who has spent months coming up with excuses as to why extent of China’s interference in Canadians should not get a public hearing. The Conservatives and NDP are united in seeking a public inquiry, though NDP leader Jagmeet Singh doesn’t believe strongly enough about it to use his trump card – pulling support of the Liberals. True North’s Andrew Lawton gets reaction to Johnston’s report from Me...
May 24, 2023•42 min
“Eminent Canadian” and Trudeau family friend David Johnston has published his first report into foreign interference in Canada’s elections, and – shocker – Trudeau comes out clean, but the media and public service are the problem. Johnston says there shouldn’t be a public inquiry, but he should keep on going with his investigation so that Canadians don’t see the classified documents he says exonerate the government. True North’s Andrew Lawton breaks down the report. Also, members of parliament a...
May 23, 2023•41 min
Free to Fly Canada has filed a proposed class action lawsuit on behalf of aviation employees harmed by the federal government’s vaccine mandates. According to the lawsuit, Transport Canada’s vaccine mandate harmed unvaccinated employees through termination, suspension, and “coerced early retirement.” Greg Hill of Free to Fly Canada, one of the representative plaintiffs in the lawsuits, joins True North’s Andrew Lawton to discuss. Also, Andrew’s Wednesday interview with Maxime Bernier has sparked...
May 19, 2023•44 min
New figures show Gov. Gen. Mary Simon expensed $38,000 on clothes in a 16-month period, including ceremonial clothing and casual wear – this despite making over $340,000 per year. True North’s Andrew Lawton points out that this office keeps breeding entitlement among its occupants. Also, Chrystia Freeland thinks it’s “fear-mongering” to ask about the debt. Plus, People’s Party of Canada leader Maxime Bernier joins to talk about his campaign to get back into the House of Commons in the upcoming P...
May 17, 2023•42 min
A London, Ontario library is banning free speech talk being hosted by an academic freedom group from renting its theatre, despite having a commitment to “intellectual freedom” and opposition to censorship. This type of no-platforming is becoming more and more common, however. True North’s Andrew Lawton discusses with Society for Academic Freedom and Scholarship president Mark Mercer. Also, weeks after we learned Volkswagen is getting $13 billion in taxpayer subsidies to build an electric vehicle...
May 16, 2023•34 min•Ep. 346
Thousands of pro-life activists gathered on Parliament Hill for the annual March for Life yesterday, prompting a wave of virtue signalling statements and videos from Liberal MPs talking about how important abortion rights and bodily autonomy are. These are the same Liberals who endorsed a vaccine mandate for the public service, True North’s Andrew Lawton says. Also, Catherine Swift from the Coalition of Concerned Manufacturers and Businesses of Canada on how Trudeau’s climate policies are jackin...
May 12, 2023•41 min
The longtime king of cable news ratings, Tucker Carlson, has announced he'll be relaunching his show on Twitter just a couple of weeks after being abruptly fired by Fox News. Elon Musk has positioned Twitter as being a platform for content creators and free speech. Despite claims by journalists and media outlets that they'd be boycotting the platform, most have remained. Even CBC, which stopped tweeting after its accounts were labelled "government-funded media," has resumed. True North's Andrew ...
May 10, 2023•40 min•Ep. 344
Among the nearly two dozen policy resolutions passed by Liberal members at their party’s convention on the weekend was one calling on the government to restrict “disinformation” and ban online content whose source can’t be “traced.” True North’s Andrew Lawton says free speech is on its way out, especially with Ofcom, the CRTC of Britain, coming down today on broadcaster Mark Steyn and author Naomi Wolf. Also, True North’s Rachel Emmanuel joins the show to give an update on the Alberta election a...
May 09, 2023•40 min
The World Health Organization has finally acknowledged that Covid is no longer a “global health emergency,” ending more than three years after the organization first declared the virus a crisis of global proportions. True North’s Andrew Lawton says those behind the most draconian Covid measures have tried to rewrite history. Also, former UCP candidate Caylan Ford is releasing a new documentary chronicling her ordeal with cancel culture and media misrepresentation. She joins Andrew to talk about ...
May 05, 2023•44 min
The Liberals have offered up amendments to their sweeping firearms legislation, Bill C-21. The new changes will outsource firearms classifications to a committee rather than codifying the Liberals’ ban on specific models. However, firearms advocates point out that this doesn’t protect law abiding gun owners. Rod Giltaca of the Canadian Coalition for Firearm Rights joins The Andrew Lawton Show to weigh in. Also, despite the Public Order Emergency Commission vindicating Justin Trudeau, there are s...
May 03, 2023•39 min
Ontario trucker Harold Jonker must report to Ottawa next week to face four charges for his participation in the Freedom Convoy, which left Ottawa more than 14 months ago. Jonker, who has been an outspoken advocate for the freedom movement, will be charged with mischief, blocking a highway, and two counts of counselling an “uncommitted indictable offence.” Jonker joins True North’s Andrew Lawton live to discuss the charges, which he’s vowed to fight. Also, as predicted last week, the federal gove...
May 02, 2023•40 min
The Liberal government’s controversial internet regulation bill, C-11, has become law with “independent” senators ultimately voting in favour of it yesterday. When it comes into effect, the CRTC will have control over what content social media companies and online streaming platforms show to users, though the regulations are still yet to be worked out. True North’s Andrew Lawton says the importance of this can’t be understated as C-11 signals the death of the open internet. Also, True North foun...
Apr 28, 2023•36 min
