Jerry Agar

LATEST STORIES BY JERRY AGAR

AGAR: Trudeau's tone-deaf and unhelpful response to this crisis

As trains sit idle, as goods sit in warehouses and people make alternate travel plans, guess who isn’t helping?

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February 19, 2020 Columnists

A man smokes at the site of a rail stoppage on Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory, as part of a protest against British Columbia's Coastal GasLink pipeline, in Tyendinaga February 16, 2020. (REUTERS/Carlos Osorio/File Photo)

AGAR: The awful responses to Rush Limbaugh and Jordan Peterson

“Kick ‘em when they’re down,” is a nasty way to live and it says more about the one doing the kicking than the kicked.

February 10, 2020 Columnists

Radio personality Rush Limbaugh is honoured by U.S. President Donald Trump with a Presidential Medal of Freedom as he stands with first lady Melania Trump during the State of the Union address to a joint session of the U.S. Congress in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Feb. 4, 2020.

AGAR: Was the halftime show objectification or empowerment?

Was the Super Bowl halftime show one of female empowerment or another example of the sexual objectification of women? As a man, I am tempted to stay out of it, especially since I think women should do what they want, so long as it is legal.

February 3, 2020 Columnists

Singers Shakira and Jennifer Lopez perform during the Pepsi Super Bowl LIV Halftime Show at Hard Rock Stadium on Feb. 2, 2020, in Miami, Fla.

AGAR: My support for free speech extends to Omar Khadr

I would like to thank Omar Khadr and Dalhousie University for giving all Canadians the opportunity to determine whether or not they actually believe in free speech.

January 27, 2020 Columnists

Omar Khadr (right) listens as his lawyer Nate Whitling speaks after leaving Court of Queen's Bench in Edmonton, on Monday, March 25, 2019 after a judge declared his sentence expired.

AGAR: Transparency needed with public sector union talks

Should public unions and governments be forced to negotiate in public?

January 20, 2020 Columnists

Teachers walked out on strike and were picketing at Churchill Alternative School in Ottawa Monday Jan 20, 2020.

AGAR: Politicians' 'help' attacks the gig-economy

Do you lead a free and independent work life? If so, the political class is coming for you.

January 13, 2020 Columnists

Arriving passengers wait to board Uber vehicles at the new 'LAX-it' ride-hail passenger pickup lot at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) on Nov. 6, 2019 in Los Angeles, Calif. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

AGAR: A sad sign to see Soleimani supporters in Canada

Here is what is arguable. Whether U.S. President Donald Trump should have authorized a drone attack that took out terrorist Qassem Soleimani, whether it should have been done while Soleimani was in Iraq and of course, what the fallout might be.

January 6, 2020 Columnists

A supporter of the Houthis has a poster attached to his waist of Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani, head of the elite Quds Force, who was killed in an air strike at Baghdad airport, during a rally to denounce the U.S. killing, in Saada, Yemen January 6, 2020.

AGAR: C’mon people – Tim Hortons isn’t a homeless shelter

Tim Hortons is not a homeless shelter or a senior citizen’s drop in centre. Amazingly, some people seem to think it should be both.

December 17, 2019 Columnists

AGAR: Defending Toronto tax increases just plain wrong

In Friday’s column, I took Mayor Tory and Toronto council to task for not getting their own house in order before raising property taxes, a move that is a broken promise on the part of the mayor.

December 9, 2019 Columnists

Toronto Mayor John Tory speaks at a press conference at City Hall on Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2019.

AGAR: Tory's new tax flies in face of his election promises

Toronto Mayor John Tory says he will raise property taxes for dedicated transit and housing projects.

December 5, 2019 Columnists

Mayor John Tory is pictured at a press conference on Aug. 23, 2019. (Veronica Henri, Toronto Sun)