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: Online harms bill an assault on free speech, civil liberties groups say

The two Canadian civil liberties organizations that convinced a federal court judge the Trudeau government’s invocation of the Emergencies Act violated fundamental rights — which the feds are appealing — are sounding similar alarms about its new online harms bill.

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February 28, 2024 Columnists

Justice Minister Arif Virani holds a press conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday, Feb. 26, 2024.

GOLDSTEIN: Public education was supposed to unite us, now it divides us

The broken promise of taxpayer-funded, public education was that it would help unify our diverse society by bringing students from all backgrounds together to learn, and to learn from and about one another.

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February 24, 2024 Columnists

GOLDSTEIN: Dave McLaughlin fights gun violence with scholarships

For as long as I’ve known him, Dave McLaughlin has lived by the lessons he was taught growing up at his parish church in Montego Bay.

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February 22, 2024 Columnists

Saxophone player Dave McLaughlin is a musician giving his time to charitable organizations.

GOLDSTEIN: Trudeau’s own words on scandals come back to haunt him

Of all of Justin Trudeau’s tweets on what we now call ‘X’ that haven’t aged well, his observation on October 17, 2013 that, “It’s hard not to feel disappointed in your government when every day there is a new scandal” has aged the worst.

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February 21, 2024 Columnists

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was in London, Ont., on Sept. 23, 2023.

GOLDSTEIN: The painful truth about Trudeau’s ‘rebranded’ carbon tax

It’s absurd that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Liberals believe that rebranding their “climate action incentive payments” as “Canada carbon rebates” is what’s needed to fix their carbon tax.

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February 17, 2024 Columnists

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau responds during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024.

GOLDSTEIN: The clock is ticking down on Trudeau

Time is rapidly running out for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to decide whether he’s going to lead the Liberals into the next federal election.

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February 14, 2024 Columnists

GOLDSTEIN: Anti-racism training increases racism, report finds

A critical examination of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) training programs suggests they often make racism in the workplace worse, according to a report by David Haskell, an associate professor of digital media and journalism at Wilfrid Laurier University.

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February 13, 2024 Columnists

GOLDSTEIN: Trudeau Liberals are barking mad

But many Canadians have simply tuned out the Prime Minister and the government he represents

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February 10, 2024 Columnists

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attends an announcement at Seneca College, in King City, Ont., Friday, Feb. 9, 2024.

GOLDSTEIN: Moral relativism will be our downfall

When Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022 and Hamas launched its terrorist attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2024, it should have been a time of moral clarity for Canada and its leaders.

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February 7, 2024 Columnists