Anthony Furey

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FUREY: The carbon tax ruling is judicial activism at its worst

Take a look at a couple of sentences about climate change that appeared Thursday concerning the Supreme Court of Canada’s ruling on the carbon tax.

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March 27, 2021 Columnists

This is exhaust from an industrial site, in Winnipeg. Friday, February 28/2020.

Tam's office admits rocket ship modelling takes 'simplified approach' to projections

The Public Health Agency of Canada has admitted the modelling they use to create COVID-19 charts is a simple one that leaves out some potential inputs, including the impact of vaccinations.

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March 26, 2021 Ontario

A healthcare worker prepares to administer a Pfizer/BioNTEch coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine at The Michener Institute, in Toronto, Ontario on December 14, 2020.

Viral immunologist speaks out against 'abusive' child-quarantine policies

A Canadian immunologist who conducts research into COVID-19 says that Ontario’s child-quarantine policies aren’t based on science and that his family’s not going to be fully following them.

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March 22, 2021 Ontario

A viral immunologist describes child-quarantine policies as 'abusive.'

FUREY: It's not about 'science' -- lobbying clearly works to change pandemic restrictions

A couple of weeks ago, Cardinal Thomas Collins — the influential Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toronto — called on the Ontario government to revise its capacity rules for places of worship.

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March 21, 2021 Columnists

Cardinal Thomas Collins delivers an online Good Friday service in an empty St. Michael’s Cathedral in Toronto on Friday, April 10, 2020.

FUREY: Here's what happened when one Toronto school had a new variant case

There’s no reason why anyone would think Earl Beatty Junior and Senior Public School, located in Toronto’s east end Danforth neighbourhood, was the site of any recent pandemic woes.

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March 18, 2021 Columnists

FUREY: My son just turned three -- all he knows are lockdowns

Last year we didn’t get up to much for my son’s second birthday. Ontario hadn’t yet gone into total lockdown by that point in March, but the schools had already shut down and it was clear there was more to come.

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March 16, 2021 Columnists

In this file photo, people arrive at the entrance to the Toronto Eaton Centre in downtown Toronto, Ontario on November 23, 2020, the first day of a new lockdown in the city.

FUREY: Ontario's virus goalposts have shifted -- but to what?

What is it that Ontario’s actually trying to accomplish now with its COVID-19 response? What’s the objective? What’s the game plan?

March 12, 2021 Columnists

Dr. David Williams, Ontario's Chief Medical Officer (left) and Premier Doug Ford trade places at the podium during a news conference at the Ontario Legislature in Toronto on Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2020.

FUREY: StatsCan report looks at undetected cancers, other harms caused by restrictions

It's frustrating that more analysis wasn't put into these issues much earlier

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March 10, 2021 Canada

FUREY: Ontario's LTC virus mortality has dropped 96%, Science Table report reveals

A new brief released by the Ontario Science Table on Monday concerning the latest data coming out of long-term care homes highlights positive developments concerning the segment of the population that’s been most hard hit by COVID-19.

March 8, 2021 Ontario

Pharmacy staff at Kingston Health Sciences Centre prepare the first doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for southeastern Ontario on Jan. 12, 2021.

FUREY: It's not just 'business' that's hurting — it's all of society, it's life itself

The other day someone was telling me how they were only now just getting started with a volunteer program to assist refugees in Canada get on their feet, a year after they’d first signed up for it.

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March 6, 2021 Columnists

People wait to ordering takeout outside a coffee shop along Queen St. W. near Trinity Bellwoods Park in Toronto, Ont. on Sunday Feb. 28, 2021.

Anthony Furey

LATEST STORIES BY ANTHONY FUREY

FUREY: The carbon tax ruling is judicial activism at its worst

Tam's office admits rocket ship modelling takes 'simplified approach' to projections

Viral immunologist speaks out against 'abusive' child-quarantine policies

FUREY: It's not about 'science' -- lobbying clearly works to change pandemic restrictions

FUREY: Here's what happened when one Toronto school had a new variant case

FUREY: My son just turned three -- all he knows are lockdowns

FUREY: Ontario's virus goalposts have shifted -- but to what?

FUREY: StatsCan report looks at undetected cancers, other harms caused by restrictions

FUREY: Ontario's LTC virus mortality has dropped 96%, Science Table report reveals

FUREY: It's not just 'business' that's hurting — it's all of society, it's life itself

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