Jerry Agar

LATEST STORIES BY JERRY AGAR

AGAR: It's politics, not science, driving many COVID-19 decisions

What scientific metrics are governments around the country using to decide who gets to go back to some semblance of real life?

July 20, 2020 Columnists

Ontario Premier Doug Ford arrives for the daily briefing at Queen’s Park in Toronto on Friday, July 3, 2020.

AGAR: Trudeau needs an intervention

Do you know who acts as an enabler?

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July 13, 2020 Columnists

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau holds a press conference at Rideau Cottage in Ottawa on Monday, July 13, 2020.

AGAR: It's time for push back against this defund the police narrative

Last week I showed in my column that there are many for whom the phrase “defund the police” means eliminate the police.

June 29, 2020 Columnists

Hundreds of people showed up to a rally held at Nathan Phillips Square -put together by a group called "No Pride in Policing Coalition" -asking to abolish, defund, disarm police forces in Toronto and across Canada on Sunday June 28, 2020. Network

AGAR: An organized attack on the very concept of policing

You have heard that defunding the police does not mean eliminating the police.

June 22, 2020 Columnists

Thousands of people demonstrate during a Black Lives Matter protest in Toronto on Friday, June 19, 2020.

AGAR: Politics in pandemic to cancel cars

The pandemic is hard enough on all of us without politicians using it to their advantage to push a political agenda.

June 16, 2020 Columnists

Buses wait to go into service at the Comstock TTC yards on March 23, 2020.

AGAR: Coming together when faced with a storm

Legend has it Clarence Clemons walked through a storm so strong it tore the door off the club as he entered to meet Bruce Springsteen for the first time. He literally walked out of the storm, through a white audience, on to the stage into peace and harmony; bringing joy to the world.

June 8, 2020 Columnists

Bruce Springsteen, saxophonist Clarence Clemons and drummer Max Weinberg perform at Scotiabank Place Oct. 14.

AGAR: How does the violence help?

Is the violence justified by the circumstances? How are the circumstances of innocent victims made better by the creation of more innocent victims of violence?

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June 1, 2020 Columnists

A protester puts a flare through a window during a demonstration calling for justice in the death of George Floyd and victims of police brutality in Montreal, Sunday, May 31, 2020.

AGAR: Huge park gatherings a health nightmare

Thousands of people in Trinity Bellwoods Park on Saturday, against the city’s rules and recommendations, should not have come as a surprise to anyone.

May 25, 2020 Columnists