Justin Trudeau has said what many Canadians had already figured out – that his government’s record on immigration has led to a “massive spike” that is “far beyond what Canada has been able to absorb.” The Conservatives have yet to provide their own target for immigration, except to say that it needs to be tied to housing, jobs, and healthcare. True North’s Andrew Lawton says Trudeau’s flip flop is no accident. Also, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith calls the federal government’s failure to confisc...
Apr 03, 2024•51 min
Thousands of Canadians gathered across the country yesterday to protest the latest hike to the carbon tax. This increase makes almost everything more expensive while Canadians are already grappling with a rising cost of living, but the federal government has been unflinching. Justin Trudeau says premiers are to blame for making “political hay” instead of coming up with their own alternative carbon taxes. Andrew discusses with Canadian Taxpayers Federation Alberta director Kris Sims. Also, Vetera...
Apr 02, 2024•44 min
As the Liberal government faces criticism over its so-called online harms bill, an adviser to Justin Trudeau has written an op-ed defending the bill and calling concerns about its effect on free speech “rage farming.” True North’s Andrew Lawton sets the record straight, then speaks with Canadian Constitution Foundation litigation director Christine Van Geyn about why people should be worried about the bill. Also, April 1 is proving to be a pivotal day for Canadian taxpayers – the carbon tax incr...
Mar 28, 2024•42 min
Liberal member of Parliament has once again apologized for comparing Pierre Poilievre to Nazis, after previously apologizing for comparing Poilievre to Nazis. The apology rings hollow when it’s clear Hardie actually views the Conservatives this way, True North’s Andrew Lawton says. Also, the federal government continues to defend its carbon tax – which is set to increase once again on Monday. Economics professor Ross McKitrick says Canada needs a leader who will be honest about climate policy. P...
Mar 27, 2024•47 min
The gun “buyback” the Liberals announced four years ago, which was supposed to be completed by 2022, has so far racked up $42 million in costs without even confiscating a single gun. Even so, the government is still committed to this approach, which is squarely aimed at registered and legally-owned firearms, and not those overwhelmingly used in gun crime. True North’s Andrew Lawton says it’s bad news for taxpayers, but good news for lawful gun owners. Also, a new study from the Fraser Institute ...
Mar 26, 2024•43 min
The Liberals are pushing to bump back the fixed election date by a week. They say it’s so the election doesn’t fall on Diwali, a Hindu holiday, but it conveniently delays the election enough so that dozens of MPs first elected in 2019 will be eligible for their gold-plated MP pensions. The government says this is purely coincidental, but True North’s Andrew Lawton is less convinced. What do you think? Canadian Taxpayers Federation Alberta director Kris Sims joins to discuss. Also, a Globe and Ma...
Mar 25, 2024•46 min
Mounting protests at Jewish businesses, institutions, and even neighbourhoods combined with the acceptability of virulently anti-Israel language reveal that antisemitism is the new normal in Canada, although many argue the only thing that’s changed is its visibility. While many in the federal government have condemned the most extreme examples of antisemitism on display, they feed into antisemitism with their rhetoric and equivocation on Israel, True North’s Andrew Lawton discusses. Centre for I...
Mar 21, 2024•44 min
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says Justin Trudeau has just one day to scrap the impending carbon tax hike before the Conservatives will force a motion of non-confidence in Trudeau’s government. Poilievre says he’s willing to fight a “carbon tax election.” While the motion has little chance of succeeding, True North’s Andrew Lawton says Trudeau shouldn’t be afraid to defend the carbon tax at the ballot box if he’s so confident it’s the right call. Also, a University of Toronto professor sa...
Mar 20, 2024•46 min
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told a Radio-Canada interviewer that he thinks about quitting his job daily, noting that it is "boring" or "challenging" depending on whose translation of the interview you believe. In either case, Trudeau is trying to play the victim and make Canadians feel sorry for him, True North's Andrew Lawton says. Meanwhile, he continues to gaslight Canadians about the carbon tax, when Canadians – including most premiers – are in a full-out revolt over it. Canadian Taxpayers...
Mar 18, 2024•31 min
Seven of ten provincial premiers have called on the federal government to scrap its planned carbon tax increase, although Justin Trudeau continues to double down. With Trudeau’s government paying no heed to calls from his provincial counterparts and the cash-strapped Canadians they represent, Trudeau is making it clear it’s his way or the highway. True North’s Andrew Lawton discusses Colin Craig of SecondStreet.org. Also, True North’s Rachel Emmanuel was barred from reporting on Trudeau’s visit ...
Mar 14, 2024•44 min
A new poll finds that just under half of Canadians think the federal government’s plan to regulate internet speech will make online platforms safer. But a majority agree with the government’s bolstering of sentences for hate speech. True North’s Andrew Lawton says it’s clear from the last few years that many Canadians simply don’t support free speech, which may make this catastrophic bill a political win for the Liberals. Also, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has taken aim at corporate Cana...
Mar 13, 2024•44 min
Canada’s state broadcaster, CBC, was whining about its budget while simultaneously paying out upwards of $15 million in bonuses in 2023, new documents reveal. News like this will make the call to defund CBC a much easier sell for Canadians, True North’s Andrew Lawton says. He discusses with Canadian Taxpayers Federation federal director Franco Terrazzano. Also, despite the RCMP making the explosive claim that drugs distributed through government “safe supply” programs are being diverted and sold...
Mar 12, 2024•44 min
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre called on his supporters to help him put pressure on Liberal and NDP MPs by writing letters to them, phoning their offices, and even organizing protests to oppose the carbon tax and its scheduled April 1 increase. Do you agree with the tactic? True North’s Andrew Lawton weighs in with Canadian Taxpayers Federation Alberta director Kris Sims. Also, CBC didn’t have access to the Oscars red carpet but still sent a journalist to cover it – from outside. Plus, the...
Mar 11, 2024•43 min
Polls have consistently put the Conservatives under Pierre Poilievre in firm majority territory, with some showing the Liberals almost in third place behind the NDP. The Liberals have responded by embracing their favourite pastime – importing American political fights. Justin Trudeau’s and the Liberal party’s attacks on the Conservatives are increasingly about Donald Trump, True North’s Andrew Lawton points out. Also, the federal government’s proposed online hate speech ban is coming under fire ...
Mar 07, 2024•45 min
Despite dozens of recommendations from the Public Order Emergencies Commission on reforms to the Emergencies Act, the federal Liberal government is only committing to engaging in further consultations with provinces, Indigenous groups, and other stakeholders, before entertaining changes. True North’s Andrew Lawton says that after the Federal Court finding that the government’s use of the act was unconstitutional, they want to just shove everything under the rug. Also, Justin Trudeau’s assault on...
Mar 06, 2024•42 min
Conservative candidate Jamil Jivani won the Durham byelection yesterday, meaning he’ll be headed to Parliament in the seat previously held by Erin O’Toole. While the Conservative win is not surprising, the margin of victory was decisive and spells bad news for the Liberals heading into the 2025 election, True North’s Andrew Lawton says. Also, the Liberals have extended one of their media bailout programs until 2027 – after the next election. Canadians are against the carbon tax, but the governme...
Mar 05, 2024•41 min
Justin Trudeau’s long-promised Online Harms Act, Bill C-63, has been tabled. The bill reintroduces a section of the Canadian Human Rights Act prohibiting online “hate speech,” which the bill defines as speech “likely to foment detestation or vilification of an individual or group of individuals on the basis of a prohibited ground of discrimination.” Trudeau and his justice minister claim the bill will comply with the Charter, but their record on civil liberties and free speech should concern all...
Mar 04, 2024•43 min
Spadina—Fort York member of Parliament Kevin Vuong was elected as a Liberal but never joined the party’s caucus as he had been booted during the campaign for failing to disclose a withdrawn sexual assault charge. Since 2021, he has continued to represent his constituents as an independent MP, and has increasingly been supportive of positions the Conservatives are taking up – from condemning antisemitism to opposing the carbon tax to combatting foreign interference. In this wide-ranging special e...
Feb 22, 2024•48 min
The Liberals’ long-promised ban on “online harms” is expected in the coming weeks. Among other things, the bill will take aim at so-called “hate speech,” which past attempts at legislating suggest the Liberals will define at a lower threshold than what exists in criminal law at present. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said this morning that Justin Trudeau is a “woke authoritarian” cannot be trusted with online speech. Also, a Prince Edward Island municipal councillor is facing removal from ...
Feb 21, 2024•43 min
Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) training has become the norm in corporations, the public sector, and academia in an attempt to cleanse institutions of systemic racism and purge people’s biases. While the goal may be noble at its core, there is no proof these programs work. In fact, they actually make things worse, according to a new research report from Prof. David Millard Haskell of the Aristotle Foundation. He joins True North’s Andrew Lawton to discuss. Also, British Columbia is doubli...
Feb 15, 2024•36 min
Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says the federal government will no longer fund municipal road projects, because building roads encourages people to use cars. He said the money should instead be spent on fighting climate change. The announcement was condemned by Ontario Premier Doug Ford, who said he was “gobsmacked” by it. True North’s Andrew Lawton weighs in. Also, it’s the two year anniversary of Justin Trudeau’s invocation of the Emergencies Act, which he still defends despite the Fed...
Feb 15, 2024•40 min
New data from Statistics Canada show that just 37 per cent of Canadians trust the media. While it’s more than the number that trust federal politicians (28 per cent), journalists have a lower trust score than the school system, the justice system, and police. An exchange yesterday between Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and a Canadian Press reporter may reveal why this is, True North’s Andrew Lawton says. Also, anti-Israel protesters have descended on Toronto’s Jewish Mount Sinai hospital w...
Feb 13, 2024•38 min
Auditor General Karen Hogan has taken aim at the government's multimillion-dollar boondoggle that is the ArriveCan app. Hogan's report found that Canada's paid too much, the public service didn't ensure value for money, and the whole thing lacked even basic management and due diligence. True North's Andrew Lawton asks whether anyone is surprised. Aaron Wudrick of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute joins to discuss. Also, Health Canada officials floated a ban on smoking in private homes as an accept...
Feb 12, 2024•47 min
New Democrat member of Parliament Charlie Angus has tabled a bill that could throw people who promote oil and gas in Canada into jail for up to two years. He said advertising from the energy sector should be treated like tobacco advertising because of the climate crisis. True North’s Andrew Lawton weighs in and discusses with Michael Binnion of the Modern Miracle Network. Also, Justin Trudeau says Pierre Poilievre wants to “make Canada great again.” He meant it as an insult, but polling suggests...
Feb 09, 2024•37 min
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is standing by her proposed ban on gender reassignment treatments and hormone therapies for minors despite criticism from the left. Smith’s events in Ottawa and Toronto were met with protests by trans rights activists. True North’s Andrew Lawton discussed the policies and response to them in a sit-down interview with Smith, as well as the general tenor of Alberta’s relationship with the federal government. Also, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has confirmed, a...
Feb 07, 2024•46 min
After throwing former House of Commons speaker Anthony Rota under the bus for his decision to honour Ukrainian SS veteran Yaroslav Hunka in the House of Commons last September, news has emerged that Justin Trudeau invited Hunka to a Toronto reception that same week. True North’s Andrew Lawton says Trudeau scapegoated Rota when he was just as culpable. Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland has taken aim at foreign property ownership, despite the fact that she and her husband own multiple properties ...
Feb 06, 2024•35 min
The left has been harshly critical of Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s planned ban on cross-sex hormones and gender reassignment for minors, as well as her requirement of parental consent for gender changes at schools. But polling shows parents, even non-conservatives, across Canada are overwhelmingly in favour of such policies. Will common sense win out? Also, True North’s Andrew Lawton checks in with Phelim McAleer, co-creator of the Climate Change on Trial podcast, for an update on climate sc...
Feb 05, 2024•50 min
The Liberal government has tabled legislation delaying the implementation of assisted suicide for people suffering from mental illnesses to 2027. The Liberals say they aren’t ready to make the change now, but are still committed to doing so down the road. True North’s Andrew Lawton, a survivor of suicide and mental illness, says this is a disastrous move reflective of a culture of death in Canada. He discusses with Conservative MP Michael Cooper. (Note: This episode was recorded shortly before H...
Feb 01, 2024•52 min
Justin Trudeau’s national security and intelligence adviser, Jody Thomas, did an interview on her way out of the role defending the government’s invocation of the Emergencies Act by claiming that the Freedom Convoy was increasingly violent with talk of weapons and death threats – although she provided no evidence for the claims. True North’s Andrew Lawton says if this is the national security advice Trudeau was getting, Canada is in trouble. Also, Andrew provided an update from the Michael Mann ...
Jan 31, 2024•50 min
The United Nations refugee agency operating in the Palestinian terroritories, UNRWA, is facing bombshell allegations from Israel that a dozen of its staff were involved in Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel, with one of them actively involved in a kidnapping. Canada has paused funding of UNRWA but an NDP MP’s response was to donate money to the agency. True North’s Andrew Lawton says UNRWA’s association with terrorists is nothing new – this is just the latest example. Also, Andrew gives an update on...
Jan 30, 2024•45 min
