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: Average Canuck paying more in taxes than on necessities, report says

The average Canadian family last year spent more of its income on all forms of taxation (43%) than on basic necessities, such as food, shelter and clothing combined (35.6%), according to a new report by the Fraser Institute.

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July 30, 2024 Columnists

Woman looking at bills and receipts on floor.

GOLDSTEIN: Subsidizing EVs isn’t about saving the environment

Electric vehicles were developed to save the auto sector not the planet

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July 27, 2024 Columnists

Vehicles are partially submerged in flood waters in the Don Valley following heavy rain in Toronto on July 16, 2024.

GOLDSTEIN: New leader may not even help Trudeau Liberals

Replacing Joe Biden with Kamala Harris as their candidate for president in the U.S. election race has clearly given a boost in popular support to the Democrats, although whether it will last up to the Nov. 5 vote is an open question.

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July 24, 2024 Columnists

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrives for a meeting of the heads of state of the North Atlantic Council, Indo-Pacifc Partners and the European Union at the 2024 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Summit at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center on July 11, 2024 in Washington, DC.

GOLDSTEIN: Trump’s denunciation of green energy ‘scams’ a major headache for Trudeau

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s climate change policies could be thrown into chaos if former president Donald Trump wins the U.S. election on Nov. 5 and makes good on two things he promised in his speech to the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee last week.

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July 20, 2024 Columnists

GOLDSTEIN: Carbon pricing to cost workers $6,700 annually: report

The Trudeau government’s climate change plan will cost Canadian workers $6,700 annually by 2030, cut national employment by 164,000 jobs and fail to achieve promised emission reduction targets, according to a new study by University of Guelph economist Ross McKitrick.

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July 18, 2024 Columnists

Dozens of Canadian economists are issuing a defence of Canada's price on carbon, as the government faces increased pressure from opposition Conservatives and provincial premiers to pause a planned increase to the levy.

GOLDSTEIN: Trudeau Liberals just playing for time

The hope is that by next summer, when their supply-and-confidence deal with the NDP expires, things will be looking up for them

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July 13, 2024 Columnists

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland gets a shout-out from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during a caucus meeting on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday, April 17, 2024.

GOLDSTEIN: Canada’s low productivity reduces standard of living, report finds

The lack of business investment in information technologies and research and development, compared to the U.S., is lowering the productivity of Canadian workers and suppressing our standard of living, according to a new study by the Fraser Institute.

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July 11, 2024 Columnists

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau looks at hydrogen fuel cell technology during a visit to the University of Trois-Rivieres, Que., Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023 in Trois-Rivieres, Que.

GOLDSTEIN: National caucus meeting won't fix with ails Liberals

Whenever the federal Liberals finally decide to hold a national caucus meeting, here is the problem confronting them about the government of their leader, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

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July 6, 2024 Columnists

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Calgary on Friday, June 7, 2024.

GOLDSTEIN: Trudeau does the same things while expecting different results

The reason Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is refusing to say whether he’ll meet with his own caucus of MPs to discuss Liberal political fortunes is that he doesn’t have anything new to say to them.

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July 3, 2024 Columnists

GOLDSTEIN: Trudeau Liberals attacking free speech on climate change

While Liberal MPs desperate to get re-elected next year are busy knifing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the back, the Trudeau government has just passed a draconian new law against free speech aimed primarily at Canada’s oil and gas sector.

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June 29, 2024 Columnists