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: 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

Inflation dropped. Why? The consumer carbon tax was eliminated -- despite the Liberals claiming the levy wasn't making life more expensive.

LILLEY: Carney cleans up a Bubbly mess from his cabinet

Cabinet ministers sitting around the table in Ottawa this week should expect an earful from Prime Minister Mark Carney. Stop freelancing, stay on message, and don’t contradict the boss is what they will likely hear.

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May 19, 2025 Columnists

Cabinet ministers sitting around the table in Ottawa this week should expect an earful from Prime Minister Mark Carney.

LILLEY: Doug Ford continues to revolutionize booze sales in Ontario

Consumers now have choices, whether it's standing in line for a discounted product at a big box store or popping into a convenience store

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May 17, 2025 Columnists

Ontario Premier Doug Ford arrives to address media at a convenience store in Etobicoke, Dec. 14, 2023, for an announcement of the expansion in alcohol sales in the province.

LILLEY: Carney dropped most tariffs the day after meeting Trump

Looks like despite all of Mark Carney's tough talk, his elbows were never really up.

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May 16, 2025 Columnists

LILLEY: Ontario budget not fixing Ontario's fundamental flaws

Budget shows more spending restraint than thought even as deficit more than doubles.

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May 15, 2025 Columnists

Doug Ford responds to questions from reporters during a campaign stop, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025 in Ottawa.

LILLEY: Carney's new cabinet seems pretty radical -- and not in a good way

Mark Carney wants you to believe that he’s a pragmatist and will govern as one, but the problem is that he’s surrounded by radicals. One of those radicals, whose views mirror Carney’s previous statements on the oil and gas industry, put our new prime minister in a difficult spot Wednesday.

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May 14, 2025 Columnists