Anthony Furey
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FUREY: Canada will benefit from striking now rather than later on the Huawei ban
Just the other day, I was out for lunch with a senior public policy advisor and the conversation to drifted to how odd it is that for decades successive Canadian governments have been so enamoured with cozying up to the Chinese leadership in Beijing.

FUREY: Border security phobia - a real thing, in the U.S. and Canada
I’m not sure it’s supposed to work this way, but I just read one of those tedious pieces that “fact checks” everything Donald Trump says and maybe it was supposed to turn me against the wall but it’s left me thinking more than ever that it’s probably something they should be doing sooner or later.

FUREY: The carbon tax isn’t the end goal – what comes next will be even wilder, like a meat tax
This is going to be the year of the carbon tax even more so than last year. It’s the year the Saskatchewan reference question gears up in the courts. It’s the year Jason Kenney, noted carbon tax foe, likely becomes Alberta Premier. And it’s federal election year, where Justin Trudeau and Catherine McKenna do everything they can to shame the country into submission on this deeply divided issue.

FUREY: The big political stories from 2018 are only going to heat up next year
It’s been difficult coming up with the typical “top stories of the year” list for 2018. This is the week when those of us in pundit-land write columns and go on TV and radio to make the picks for the biggest stories that are now behind us.

FUREY: Populism in Canada - expect it to ramp up in 2019
In the immediate aftermath of the election of Donald Trump to the American presidency there was a sense of momentum in the air around populism. Will it happen here in Canada? Or elsewhere? And how soon? What form will it take?

FUREY: The Huawei arrest will have ramifications for Canada
It’s safe to say that there will be ramifications after Canada arrested the CFO of Huawei technologies last weekend at the behest of the United States. And they will be felt both here in Canada and around the world.
