Another day, another tense press conference featuring Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre and the legacy media. Poilievre challenged a Canadian Press reporter’s question in an exchange that has legacy media talking heads calling him a “bully” and predicting he’ll lose the election. They’re used to no one challenging them, True North’s Andrew Lawton says. These are the journalists Justin Trudeau just announced even more money for. Kris Sims from the Canadian Taxpayers Federation joins the show t...
Nov 27, 2023•43 min
The Liberals delivered their fall fiscal update yesterday, painting a grim picture of Canada’s finances despite Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland’s claim that Canada is not and never has been “broken.” The update shows more spending, more deficits, and more taxes, with millions more going to bailing out Canadian journalists and ballooning debt servicing costs. True North’s Andrew Lawton discusses with Conservative finance critic Jasraj Singh Hallan. Plus, the federal government has vowed t...
Nov 22, 2023•48 min
The Canadian Human Rights Commission has been quiet on six weeks of rampant antisemitic hate and calls for violence against Jews and Israelis, but has published a discussion paper taking aim at the real source of discrimination – Christmas and Easter. The human rights commission says Christmas and Easter being holidays is discriminatory against non-Christians, making Canada a religiously intolerant “settler colonial state.” True North’s Andrew Lawton discusses with Rebel News founder Ezra Levant...
Nov 21, 2023•37 min
An analysis of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s daily itineraries by journalist Glen McGregor reveals that in Trudeau’s eight years in office, he’s taken 22 months – nearly two years – of “personal” days. This is 24 per cent of his term that has been days off, with no public events or publicly disclosed meetings. True North’s Andrew Lawton weighs in. Legacy media journalists are criticizing Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre for calling the Trudeau government “socialist” – even though one of Tr...
Nov 20, 2023•47 min
Former Reform Party leader Preston Manning was tapped by the Alberta government to lead an inquiry into Alberta's legislative response to Covid. The panel found that Albertans need better protection against infringements on their rights and freedoms and that Alberta's emergency management agency – not public health officials – should take the lead on emergency response. The panel also recommends against school closures, which it found should only be a last resort and for as short a time as possi...
Nov 15, 2023•22 min
The federal government has finalized yet another extension of its amnesty period for firearms banned by order-in-council in May 2020, meaning owners of newly prohibited guns may have a reprieve if Justin Trudeau’s Liberals are ousted in the next election. True North’s Andrew Lawton discusses why this is good news and focuses in on what Alberta has done to push back against Ottawa gun control. Also, a new study from the Aristotle Foundation finds that despite the proclamations of Trudeau and the ...
Nov 09, 2023•33 min
Bernie Farber, the founder of the Canadian Anti-Hate Network, admitted in an X post that the CAHN lacks the “resources” to look into anything other than the “extreme right.” This was his explanation for CAHN’s relative silence in the wake of Hamas’ attacks on Israel and rampant antisemitism across Canada at pro-Palestine rallies. True North’s Andrew Lawton says Farber accidentally said the quiet part out loud, admitting a lot of Jew hatred comes from the left. Also, the media is freaking out ove...
Nov 08, 2023•28 min
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's United Conservative Party government has taken an unequivocally Alberta-first stance in its policies and messaging. From passing the Sovereignty Act to running ads in Ottawa taking aim at federal policy, Smith has been unafraid of positioning Alberta as Confederation's provincial watchdog. In this special edition of The Andrew Lawton Show, we share Andrew's fireside chat with Smith, recorded after her speech at True North Nation in Calgary last month – True North...
Nov 02, 2023•24 min
The first ever conference for the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC) concluded this afternoon, wrapping up three days of discussions about responsibility, freedom and citizenship in the context of uplifting individuals and families, rather than states and globalism. True North’s Andrew Lawton spoke to dozens of attendees from different backgrounds and found one fairly common goal – a rejection of wokeness and grievance politics. In this edition of the show, live from London, Andrew recap...
Nov 02, 2023•12 min
While the World Economic Forum and globalist commentators push for open borders, attendees at the Alliance for Responsibility (ARC) Forum in London, United Kingdom, are more concerned with dismally low birth rates in the west and unfettered mass migration. True North’s Andrew Lawton comes to you live from London after wrapping up Day 2 of the inaugural ARC Forum. According to a new poll, more Canadians than ever believe the country’s immigration rates are too high. This comes as the Liberal gove...
Nov 01, 2023•42 min
True North’s Andrew Lawton is live from London, United Kingdom, where the first Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC) Forum kicked off today. The conference features 1,500 delegates from 72 countries with discussions about citizenship, responsibility and individualism, rather than globalism and collectivism. Andrew says this makes it an important counterbalance to the World Economic Forum and its annual Davos summits. Also, a Liberal cabinet minister says if western Canadians want their con...
Oct 30, 2023•45 min
Many of the progressives who wish to censor speech they disagree with as “hate speech” and mandate pronoun usage are defending their right to free speech when challenged on endorsing or condoning Hamas violence against Israel. If you hope that pointing out this double standard will change anything, you’re mistaken, True North’s Andrew Lawton says: the anti-free speech left doesn’t care. True North’s Sue-Ann Levy joins to talk about the Toronto District School Board-sanctioned student walkout to ...
Oct 26, 2023•48 min
Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre spoke in support of a private member’s bill banning federal vaccine mandates. Liberal MPs including Mark Gerretsen and Seamus O’Regan said it was a “waste of time” and accused Poilievre of not being focused on real issues. True North’s Andrew Lawton says the Liberals just don’t want to be forced to defend their atrocious Covid record. Also, True North journalist Noah Jarvis joins the show to discuss his series on waste, mismanagement and conflicts of interest...
Oct 25, 2023•48 min
A massive poll conducted by the federal government found that a majority of Canadians think Justin Trudeau is on the wrong track on nearly all issues. In spite of these numbers, the Liberals have doubled down on their record and ramped up their attacks on the Conservatives. Do you think there’s anything they could do to turn the ship around? True North’s Andrew Lawton weighs in. Also, several Liberal and New Democrat politicians and left-wing media personalities have called for a “ceasefire” bet...
Oct 24, 2023•47 min
Dozens of students at the Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson) law school have signed – and deleted – an open letter condemning Israel as a “settler colony.” The signatories say they “support all forms of Palestinian resistance and efforts toward liberation” and explicitly Palestinians should be judged by different rules than Israelis because the former are the “oppressor.” True North’s Andrew Lawton discusses. Lawyer Ari Goldkind says Toronto police have failed to protect the city...
Oct 23, 2023•43 min
A new poll shows that not only most Canadians favour Pierre Poilievre to Justin Trudeau, but even those who voted for Trudeau in 2021 are split on whether he should step down ahead of the next election. While the polls have consistently bad for the Liberals, Trudeau has been unequivocal that he plans to contest the next election – and his caucus has been in lockstep behind him. Do you think he should run or resign? Also, Trudeau has told Alberta Premier Danielle Smith the federal government will...
Oct 19, 2023•42 min
The media and politicians were quick to take Hamas at its word and lay blame against Israel for a Palestinian rocket that crashed into a hospital parking lot in Gaza. Media outlets have quietly rewritten their stories and headlines in the past day, but even this morning Minister François-Philippe Champagne referred to the hospital bombing as an “attack.” True North’s Andrew Lawton weighs in. Plus, anti-Israel protests continue to mount, with increasingly antisemitic rhetoric. Andrew discusses wi...
Oct 18, 2023•46 min
The Liberals have seized on a wave of antisemitic protests to reiterate their pledge to introduce a law regulating “online harms.” The bill, which the Liberals originally promised to table in 2021, would ban restrict online “hate speech” at a lower threshold than what exists in law right now – and penalize social media platforms that allow it. True North’s Andrew Lawton says the answer to hate is not censorship. After taking credit for making grocery store owners lower their prices, the Liberals...
Oct 17, 2023•45 min
NDP leader Jagmeet Singh survived a leadership review on the weekend, though fewer NDP members voted for him than did in his last two reviews. More notably, NDP members adopted a resolution calling on the NDP to withdraw its support of the Liberal government unless the Liberals make good on their promise of a national pharmacare plan. True North’s Andrew Lawton weighs in. Also, the federal government withheld documents from the RCMP, preventing the RCMP from fully investigating the SNC-Lavalin s...
Oct 16, 2023•44 min
The Federal Court of Appeal held a hearing yesterday to decide whether it was reasonable to dismiss Brian Peckford’s and Maxime Bernier’s legal challenge of the Covid vaccine mandate for air travel as “moot.” The Federal Court ruled earlier that since the government lifted the mandate, there was no point in adjudicating whether it was unconstitutional (despite the government asserting it had a right to reintroduce it). True North’s Andrew Lawton discusses with lawyer Eva Chipiuk. Fraser Institut...
Oct 12, 2023•43 min
Canada’s state broadcaster, CBC, is refusing to refer to Hamas as terrorists in its coverage of the terrorist group’s attacks on Israel over the last four days. A memo sent to its journalists also forbids them from mentioning Israel’s withdrawal from Gaza in 2005. True North’s Andrew Lawton says this shouldn’t come as a surprise given the way the media covers Israel in general, including the latest attacks. Honest Reporting Canada executive director Mike Fegelman joins the show to discuss. Also,...
Oct 11, 2023•44 min
While thousands came out yesterday to stand with Israel, a shocking number of protesters at rallies across Canada took to the streets to defend and justify Hamas’ brutal terrorist attacks against Israelis. Some said the attacks were “decolonialism in action.” Others said it was “resistance.” These statements came as the death toll surpasses 1,000 and Hamas threatens to execute hostages. True North’s Andrew Lawton weighs in. Plus, Canadians faced more difficulty getting news over the weekend than...
Oct 10, 2023•51 min
As inflation continues to drive up the cost of groceries, Canadians are having to compromise on quality and nutrition to feed their families, a new survey shows. The research from Dalhousie University finds that nearly two-thirds of Canadians are concerned about the unhealthy consequences of their purchasing habits; almost half of respondents are now buying groceries from the dollar store, relying more on non-fresh products. True North’s Andrew Lawton weighs in. Also, a private member’s bill fro...
Oct 05, 2023•46 min
The Alberta government has launched an aggressive, $8 million ad campaign seeking to “educate Canadians and Albertans” about the dangers of the federal government’s net-zero emissions reduction schemes. Premier Danielle Smith is also preparing to invoke the Sovereignty Act to push back against the feds plans. Alberta Environment Minister Rebecca Schulz joins True North’s Andrew Lawton to discuss. Also, the media is trying to blame the PC loss in Manitoba on Premier Heather Stefanson’s stand for ...
Oct 04, 2023•46 min
The CRTC has issued its requirement for streaming and podcast platforms earning more than $10 million a year to register with the government. Defenders of Bill C-11 say this means most independent content creators are unaffected: however, if the platforms are regulated by the CRTC, so is all the content on them, True North’s Andrew Lawton points out. In this episode, he debunks the government’s narrative on this internet takeover with former CRTC vice-chair Peter Menzies. Plus, a Liberal ministe...
Oct 03, 2023•40 min
Thanks to the Liberal government’s Bill C-11, the CRTC is expanding its regulatory reach to online content – including podcasts. On Friday, the CRTC launched the first stage of this by requiring streaming services – including websites that host podcasts and other media content – to register and “provide information about their activities in Canada.” True North’s Andrew Lawton says this is the beginning of the end of the open internet in Canada. The Canadian Taxpayers Federation’s Kris Sims joins...
Oct 02, 2023•44 min
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith told a reporter who asked whether she was getting boosted that she’s “healthy” and believes vaccine conversations should take place with her doctor and not the media. Her response is a bold departure from how most politicians have discussed vaccination in the last three years, promoting it as a one-size-fits-all solution to Covid, True North’s Andrew Lawton says. Also, the government is not committing to releasing a 37-year old report on Nazis in Canada, which was ...
Sep 28, 2023•44 min
Speaker of the House Anthony Rota resigned yesterday in the wake of his recognition of a Ukrainian Nazi veteran in the House of Commons last week. The Liberal government has said Rota alone is to blame – not Justin Trudeau or anyone else in cabinet. True North’s Andrew Lawton says it’s not so simple. National Citizens Coalition president Peter Coleman joins to discuss. Also, the Canadian Constitution Foundation is challenging a Calgary bylaw restricting protests of drag story game under the guis...
Sep 27, 2023•43 min
All parties in the House of Commons have now called for House of Commons Speaker Anthony Rota to resign, with some sources saying he is likely to step down this afternoon. The Conservatives have said it’s Justin Trudeau and the Liberals who have to own this, however, not only Rota. Do you agree? True North’s Andrew Lawton discusses with Macdonald-Laurier Institute domestic policy director Aaron Wudrick. Also, in the 28 months since the Liberals enacted an order-in-council banning 1500 types of f...
Sep 26, 2023•43 min
House of Commons speaker Anthony Rota is facing calls to resign after inviting a 98-year old Ukrainian veteran of the 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS to the House of Commons on the day of Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky’s speech. Justin Trudeau’s office has blamed Rota, who has apologized, though many are saying this isn’t enough. True North’s Andrew Lawton weighs in. Plus, CBC is sitting on $400 million worth of real estate and the Liberal government spent $275,000 on its cabine...
Sep 25, 2023•44 min
