Anthony Furey

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FUREY: Canada needs a real China strategy

Every few decades the United States faces an existential threat from another part of the world. And every few decades the government convenes a working group of experts, the Committee on the Present Danger (CPD), to assess the threat and develop responses. It’s now tackling China.

July 25, 2019 Columnists

FUREY: What they’re not telling you about Canada’s hate crime stats

It’s that time of the year again, when Canada’s annual hate crimes statistics are released and advocacy groups send out their press releases and take to the airwaves to break down what it all means.

July 23, 2019 Columnists

A woman against Islamophobia braces herself against a wall before police take her away. Demonstrators protest against Islamophobia and for free speech clash at City Hall in Toronto, Ont. on Saturday March 4, 2017.

FUREY: Canadians are decent people — don’t let anyone tell you otherwise

I always find it’s hard not to get a little misty-eyed about Canada and its people this time of year. How great the country is. And how most people living here are nice individuals.

July 20, 2019 Columnists

FUREY: I can't decide what new shows to stream - so I'm now watching old favourites

There is an embarrassment of riches to the current online streaming landscape. So much to choose from. So many shows and movies to watch. And so little time.

July 18, 2019 Columnists

FUREY: Maybe Canadian politicians should just lay low this summer

For the past few days political circles and talk radio have been unpacking a rude tirade by Ontario cabinet minister Lisa MacLeod aimed at Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk.

July 9, 2019 Columnists

Ontario MPP Lisa MacLeod is the Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport.

FUREY: There's still risque comedy out there — but the politically correct don't want you to find it

It’s been four years since Jerry Seinfeld made headlines for saying a lot of comedians are no longer interested in doing shows at universities and colleges because kids today can’t take a joke.

July 6, 2019 Columnists

FUREY: China just laughed in Canada's face – what now?

The Chinese government has now delivered what the kids today would call a “sick burn” against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland.

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July 4, 2019 Columnists

China's President Xi Jinping attends a ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, July 2, 2019.

FUREY: This summer, treat yourself to something special -- break from social media

The other day I did something crazy.

June 29, 2019 Columnists

People listen as President Donald Trump speaks during an Independence Day picnic for military families at the White House July 4, 2018 in Washington. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images) u.s. government mobile cell phone cellphone celphone privacy telecommunications

FUREY: Canada updated its terror list – and still hasn't added the IRGC

It was a dramatic scene in the House of Commons just over one year ago. The Conservatives had put forward a motion to designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist entity. The IRGC is an ideologically-driven branch of Iran’s armed forces, created after the 1979 revolution, that has seen its power expand to envelop more and more of Iranian society. It plays a leading role in everything that is wrong with the troubled regime today.

June 28, 2019 Columnists

In this file photo taken on Sept. 22, 2018 members of Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) march during the annual military parade marking the anniversary of the outbreak of the devastating 1980-1988 war with Saddam Hussein's Iraq, in the capital Tehran.

FUREY: Kellie Leitch was more sinned against than sinning

I must take issue with a recent column that appeared in the Sun by my colleague Mark Bonokoski, under the headline “Goodbye Kellie Leitch, but thanks for the bizarre entertainment”.

June 25, 2019 Columnists

Kellie Leitch meets with the Toronto Sun’s editorial board in Toronto on April 26, 2017.