Anthony Furey

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FUREY: Here are some necessary changes to the 'media bailout' plan

The below is a version of remarks Anthony Furey delivered at the House of Commons Finance Committee on Wednesday evening.

May 15, 2019 Columnists

Newspaper boxes display local news in Ottawa on Jan. 3, 2018.

FUREY: Relax, conservatives aren't touching the abortion issue

I’d been busy working away on Thursday, not following the news in detail, when I logged on to social media and the first thing that comes up is a clip of the media hounding Ontario Progressive Conservative MPP Sam Oosterhoff down a hallway of the provincial legislature and into an elevator.

May 11, 2019 Columnists

FUREY: Vice-Admiral Mark Norman is owed an apology

Perhaps the most remarkable part of Vice-Admiral Mark Norman’s more than two year legal ordeal was the way he carried himself at the Wednesday afternoon press conference.

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May 8, 2019 Columnists

Vice-Admiral Mark Norman speaks briefly to reporters as he leaves the courthouse in Ottawa following his first appearance for his trial for breach of trust, on April 10, 2018.

FUREY: AG report shows federal asylum processing system is a mess

The government agencies tasked with speedily processing the tens of thousands of people who have crossed illegally into Canada to make asylum claims are dropping the ball big time, a new Auditor General of Canada report reveals.

May 7, 2019 Columnists

Wearing her gold high-stop sneakers, Lena Gunja, 10, originally from Congo and who had been living in Portland, Maine, follows her family as they approach an unofficial border crossing with Quebec while walking down Roxham Road in Champlain, N.Y., Monday, Aug. 7, 2017. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

FUREY: Don't expect the Liberals to ever give up the carbon tax fight

It became clear early on that the Liberal government’s plans for electoral reform were a mess. While a few activists had been lobbying for this for years, the majority of Canadians weren’t familiar with the details and options available to replace our first-past-the-post voting system back when Justin Trudeau campaigned on replacing it as Liberal leader.

May 7, 2019 Columnists

Minister of Environment and Climate Change Catherine McKenna stands in the House of Commons during question period on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, April 9, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

FUREY: Brace yourselves — the Mark Norman trial is about to overtake Lavscam

When Liberal MP Andrew Leslie announced on Wednesday that he wasn’t running for re-election, there was considerable speculation about his motivations.

May 3, 2019 Columnists

Vice-Admiral Mark Norman arrives at the Ottawa Courthouse on on April 17, 2019.

FUREY: Huawei spat or not, let’s ask why Canada is part of China’s big bank

It’s time to hit back against China as the Huawei spat continues — that’s the message Conservative leader Andrew Scheer delivered to Canadians at a news conference on Monday.

April 30, 2019 Columnists

FUREY: It’s time to talk about mandatory national service for Canadian youth

There’s something not quite right with society today — the way we interact with each other, the way we come together or don’t come together as a community. Pretty much everyone seems to feel this way – that there’s been a surge in anti-social behaviour — regardless of where they sit on the political spectrum or even if they don’t sit on it at all.

April 27, 2019 Columnists

School children, members from the Rotary Club veterans and currently serving members of the Canadian Armed Forces plant 500 trees at Meadowvale Rd and the 401 on Thursday May 24, 2018. The Highway of Heroes Tree Campaign plans to plant 117,000 trees,one for every fallen Canadian soldier.

FUREY: Let Linda Sarsour speak in Winnipeg, however awful she may be

The controversial Muslim American activist Linda Sarsour is an awful choice for any group in Canada to be celebrating. But should she be banned?

April 25, 2019 Columnists

Linda Sarsour with Women's March calls out to other activists opposed to U.S. President Donald Trump's embattled Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, in front of the Supreme Court on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Sept. 24, 2018.

FUREY: If Scheer wins, could they try to trip him up with bogus Mueller-like probes?

One of the more headline grabbing quotes out of the Mueller report is what U.S. President Donald Trump apparently said two years ago when he learned Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein had appointed a special counsel in the first place.

April 22, 2019 Columnists

Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Photos by The Canadian Press)