Brian Lilley

LATEST STORIES BY BRIAN LILLEY

LILLEY: Ford changes tune on call for asylum seekers to get work permits

Doug Ford both walked back and doubled down on his call for asylum seekers to get work permits. Last week, Ontario’s premier said that he would not wait around for the federal government and would start issuing provincial work permits for asylum seekers.

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July 29, 2025 Opinion

Premier of Ontario Doug Ford speaks to media prior the First Minister’s Meeting in Saskatoon on Monday, June 2, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Liam Richards

LILLEY: First ministers meeting chance for Carney to turn page on Trudeau era

Time for PM to deliver after promising new tone, new relationship with provinces to get projects moving

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June 2, 2025 Columnists

Prime Minister Mark Carney attends a meeting with representatives of Canada’s energy sector.

LILLEY: Trudeau's latest housing plan keeping ownership out of reach

PM wants to use federal lands to build more homes without the chance to own them

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August 27, 2024 Columnists

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to the media.

Lilley: Saskatchewan, Alberta vow to fight Trudeau's oil 'gag law'

"This is a gag law. It's a federal gag law," said Saskatchewan Justice Minister Bronwyn Eyre.

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June 23, 2024 Opinion

LILLEY: Canada's military leaders and politicians have lost the plot

The Canadian Armed Forces has a recruitment and retention problem, and the Trudeau government thinks the answer is ranting about settler colonialism, white supremacy and the patriarchy, while offering free tampons in the men’s rooms of military bases.

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January 9, 2024 Opinion

Folks, the brass at national defence headquarters has lost the plot, writes columnist Brian Lilley..

LILLEY: Cops must do better with protesters at Avenue Rd. bridge

Try as they might, there is no excuse for Toronto Police officers handing over coffee and doughnuts to protesters this weekend. This was not an act of deescalation, it was an act of encouragement of an illegal act.

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January 7, 2024 Columnists

Toronto Police officers hand-delivered Tim Hortons coffee from one pro-Palestinian protester to others who managed to take up positions on the Avenue Rd. overpass at Hwy. 401 before cops shut it down again on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2023.

LILLEY: Trudeau sold Canada's soul at UN but pro-Hamas protesters still unhappy

Expect Canada's position to shift even further after the PM's less than warm welcome at the 'die-in' in Vancouver

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December 16, 2023 Columnists

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attends the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in San Francisco, California, on November 16, 2023.

LILLEY: Americans release details on India’s assassination of a Canadian

New details released on the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar support the claim that his assassination was orchestrated by the Indian government. The just released details don’t come through the Canadian government though, they come from the Americans.

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November 29, 2023 Columnists