Brian Lilley

Brian Lilley is a political columnist with the Toronto Sun. A veteran of radio, TV, print and online, Brian cut his teeth covering courts, crime and everything else as a junior reporter in Montreal. Since 2002 he's spent most of his time focused on politics including working from 2005 through 2010 as the Ottawa Bureau Chief for Newstalk 1010 in Toronto and CJAD 800 in Montreal. In 2010, Brian joined the Sun to help with the launch of Sun News Network, hosting the popular nightly show Byline while also writing weekly columns for the paper. Now based in Toronto, Brian writes daily columns on politics covering all levels of government and is regularly heard commenting on issues on talk radio stations across the country.

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LATEST STORIES BY BRIAN LILLEY

LILLEY: Carney speaks out of both sides of his mouth on pipelines

Refuses to give clear answers on some rather important clear questions

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May 28, 2025 Columnists

No clear answers about pipelines from Carney -- just convolution at every turn.

LILLEY: The time for speeches in Ottawa is over, we need action now

What Ottawa needs is a little less conversation, a little more action.

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May 27, 2025 Columnists

Now that the speech from the throne is over, it's time for Mark Carney and his government to start delivering on their many promises.

LILLEY: Elections Canada sullies its own reputation with recounts

No, the election wasn't stolen, but the bizarre recount situation is calling the ability of Elections Canada to do their job into question.

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May 26, 2025 Columnists

Vote swings of hundreds, ballots not counted and more call the ability of Elections Canada to do their job into question.

LILLEY: What crisis? Parliament returns this week, but not for long

If we are in a crisis, why is the House only sitting for a short period before they leave Ottawa again?

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May 25, 2025 Columnists

Are we really facing a crisis in Canada if MPs haven't sat for more than five months and are only coming back to Ottawa for 12 days at most?

LILLEY: Trudeau lowered bar so much, Carney gets credit for being an adult

Our former prime minister lowered the bar so much that our new PM is getting credit for the simplest of things

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May 23, 2025 Columnists

LILLEY: Council passes watered-down bubble-zone bylaw amid fierce opposition

Schools, daycares, places of worship will now be protected from mobs looking to harass, intimidate

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May 22, 2025 Columnists

Mayor Olivia Chow at an executive committee meeting.

LILLEY: Progressive left supports bubble-zone laws for abortions, so why not Jews?

Hypocrisy on display stunning when it comes to where protests should be allowed

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May 21, 2025 Columnists

LILLEY: Mark Carney’s Liberals abandon Israel, cozy up to Hamas

Just like Justin Trudeau, Carney is taking Canada further away from our democratic ally and closer to the terrorists who started this war

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May 21, 2025 Columnists

LILLEY: Toronto Police document accuses Israel of ethnic cleansing

TPS officials say they aren't taking sides but the language in the document says otherwise.

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May 21, 2025 Columnists

A Palestinian protest, in the context of a Nakba Day demonstration, passed by Cafe Landwer at University Ave. and Adelaide St. W. with protesters calling for a boycott of the Israeli restaurant chain and one protestor setting off a smoke bomb outside the restaurant on Thursday, May 15, 2025.

LILLEY: Liberals lied on the carbon tax, according to Statistics Canada data

When the House of Commons was last sitting in December — some five months ago — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre raised the issue of the carbon tax and inflation. Then Liberal prime minister Justin Trudeau called Poilievre’s statements “absolute nonsense” and dismissed the idea that the carbon tax and inflation were connected.

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May 20, 2025 Columnists