Lorrie Goldstein

Lorrie Goldstein is the Editor Emeritus of the Toronto Sun and a member of the Canadian News Hall of Fame. Born and raised in Toronto, he currently writes political columns and editorials for the Toronto Sun and Sun Media. Joining the Sun in 1978, he previously served as Comment Editor, Senior Associate Editor, City Editor, Queen's Park Columnist and Bureau Chief, Toronto City Hall reporter, general assignment reporter and feature writer. Active on social media, Lorrie says being a political columnist for a major daily newspaper is one of the most rewarding and fun jobs anyone can have in journalism, and that anyone who complains about having to do it probably isn't doing it right.

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LATEST STORIES BY LORRIE GOLDSTEIN

GOLDSTEIN: Canada’s targets for cutting greenhouse gases fit the definition of insanity

After almost four decades of Canadian governments setting and failing to hit eight consecutive targets for reducing Canada’s industrial greenhouse gas emissions, surely it’s time to admit the targets are meaningless.

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1 day ago Canada

Liberal and Conservative governments have been setting and failing to meet emission reduction targets since 1988.

GOLDSTEIN: Carney's energy minister makes business case for natural gas

Federal Energy and Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson says he “knows there are buyers” for Canada’s liquified natural gas (LNG) globally, quite the change in emphasis from former prime minister Justin Trudeau’s argument there was no business case for such projects.

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4 days ago Columnists

GOLDSTEIN: Report finds antisemitism new normal in many Ontario schools

But that's not surprising given the federal Liberal government has been repeatedly praised by Hamas for taking anti-Israel stands

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August 9, 2025 Columnists

B'nai Brith's Richard Robertson presents the organizations 2024 Annual Audit of Antisemitic Incidents during a press conference in West Block on Monday, April 7, 2025.

GOLDSTEIN: A Palestinian state won’t lead to peace in the Mideast

The latest call for the creation of a Palestinian state by Prime Minister Mark Carney and the leaders of many other countries is a classic example of politicians believing they have to say something and this is something.

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August 6, 2025 Columnists

GOLDSTEIN: Carney touts Palestinian leader accused of Holocaust denial as his man in Mideast

Mahmoud Abbas, 89, was elected president in 2005 and he cancelled future elections

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August 2, 2025 Columnists

GOLDSTEIN: Alberta's separation question, unlike Quebec's, is crystal clear

Whatever one thinks of Alberta’s separation movement, the referendum question it seeks to pose to Albertans is a vast improvement over those confronting voters in the 1995 and 1980 Quebec referenda on separation.

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July 30, 2025 Columnists

Premier Danielle Smith speaks to reporters during a press conference at the Alberta Legislature, in Edmonton, May 6, 2025.

GOLDSTEIN: Canada’s huge federal government bureaucracy needs to be downsized

During Justin Trudeau's Liberal government from 2015 to 2024, the federal bureaucracy grew in size by 43%

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July 26, 2025 Columnists

(L) Prime Minister Mark Carney and (R) former PM Justin Trudeau.

Canada drowning in a sea of red ink, says Fraser Institute report

Canada’s combined federal and provincial government debt almost doubled between 2007 and 2024, rising from $1.21 trillion to $2.3 trillion in inflation-adjusted dollars, according to a new report by the Fraser Institute.

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July 24, 2025 Canada

An image of Canadian $100 bills being printed. (Illustration)

GOLDSTEIN: The beautiful friendship of Dave McLaughlin and Rita Marley

Over the years, I’ve written many pieces about my friend, Dave McLaughlin, a world-class saxophonist who was born in Kingston, Jamaica, immigrated to Canada in 1991, and has demonstrated a life-long commitment to raising money for good causes.

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July 19, 2025 Columnists