Anthony Furey
LATEST STORIES BY ANTHONY FUREY
FUREY: The SNC-Lavalin affair a small, but real example of 'democratic backsliding'
Ten seconds. That’s probably about how long Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s potentially offending remarks in his conversation with Jody Wilson-Raybould lasted. Those remarks where he may have pressured her to get the charges dropped against SNC-Lavalin.

Laughing off criticism, Maxime Bernier eager to hit the campaign trail
A harsh snowstorm had engulfed Toronto, with schools closing and employees working from home. But there was Maxime Bernier, bounding out of a cab — no gloves, no hat — letting the snow hammer him as he fought his way past the heavy winds and through the revolving doors of Postmedia HQ.

FUREY: This SNC-Lavalin mess won't just go away and it can't be left to fester
The latest hammer to fall in the PMO judicial interference story is the resignation of Jody Wilson-Raybould from cabinet. Now it will no longer be up to Canada’s leading male feminist to speak on her behalf as she sits in the corner.

FUREY: Trudeau promises a positive campaign – does anyone believe him?
What sort of mantras are they going to tape up around the Liberal war room once the election gets under way? Maybe: “I know you are but what am I.” Or what about this one: “I’m rubber you’re glue, your words bounce off me and stick to you.”

FUREY: McCallum’s presser is a win for the bullies in Beijing
For a brief moment, it looked like Canada was really finding its footing in the latest spat with China. The men in Beijing have been turning the screws on us for weeks, ramping up the pressure in the hopes that Canada will release Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou before she’s extradited to the United States.

FUREY: Illegal crossings did not in fact drop off in 2018, new year-end numbers reveal
When I think about Canada’s illegal border phenomenon the one quote that keeps coming back to me isn’t from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, or Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen, or Conservative MP Michelle Rempel, the opposition critic on the file.

FUREY: Hysteria over Catholic teens, while real news goes ignored
The problem with media bias isn’t so much what’s reported and what isn’t. It’s what gets amplified, picked up and turned into a bigger narrative on the one hand and what goes cold right after it lands on the other.

FUREY: Let’s stop kidding ourselves that the Karen Wang incident is anything new
Back during the 2014 Toronto mayoral race, candidate Olivia Chow – the former city councillor, MP and widow of Jack Layton – was asked during an online Q&A about what made her different from a previous mayor.
