Anthony Furey

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FUREY: All of a sudden, Trudeau has conservatives boxed in

Throughout the first half of the year, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was against the ropes. He was hammered almost daily by first the China mess and then Lavscam and it even seemed – for a few days – that his political demise was imminent.

June 23, 2019 Columnists

Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer delivers a speech on the environment in Chelsea, Que. Wednesday June 19, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

FUREY: Intentional or not, Canadian warship’s Taiwan Strait journey sends a message

Canada has a lot of much-discussed options on the table when it comes to hitting back at China in the ongoing spat between the two countries. But this week they exercised an option that no major observer guessed was coming.

June 20, 2019 Columnists

FUREY: The Liberals need to do some soul-searching on immigration

Once again, Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen is tsk-tsking his fellow Canadians for their views on the portfolio he manages.

June 17, 2019 Columnists

Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen speaks at the 2017 Concordia Annual Summit at Grand Hyatt New York on Sept. 18, 2017 in New York City. (Riccardo Savi/Getty Images for Concordia Summit)

Two-thirds of Canadians say carbon tax will affect their vote: Poll

Many Canadian voters are motivated on the issue of the carbon tax but not necessarily in a way that benefits Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

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June 12, 2019 Canada

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa June 11, 2019. REUTERS/Chris Wattie

FUREY: A decade later, Canada’s free speech debate is back with a vengeance

I’m beginning to doubt myself that an event I attended at the University of Toronto fifteen years ago on the subject of hate speech happened the way I remember it or that it even happened at all.

June 8, 2019 Columnists

Peter Song , who runs International News on Front St. in Toronto, finally received 10 copies of of the Charlie Hebdo edition on Monday January 19, 2015. (Jack Boland/Toronto Sun/QMI Agency)

FUREY: MMIW report tragic document on all levels

There were always two schools of thought as to what an inquiry into Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women should look like.

June 3, 2019 Columnists

A red ribbon attached to an eagle feather is held up during ceremonies marking the release of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women report in Gatineau, Monday June 3, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Subscriber only. FUREY: 'Nothing to see here, folks' – what Canadians are increasingly told about security matters

Whoddunit? What happened? Why’d it happen? It’s only natural that human beings will ask these questions if a shooting happens in their neighbourhood, a vehicle rams into pedestrians, or people in their city are arrested for having explosive devices. So natural that there are entire genres of books, movies and TV shows devoted to people asking these questions and doggedly pursuing answers.

June 1, 2019 Columnists

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