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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GOLDSTEIN: Ignoring contracting rules costs taxpayers billions: auditor general

Federal auditor general Karen Hogan on Tuesday reported widespread incompetence in the awarding of government contracts by the public service, resulting in billions of dollars of taxpayers’ money being wasted.

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June 11, 2025 Columnists

Auditor General of Canada, Karen Hogan, holds a press conference at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa on Tuesday, June 10, 2025.

GOLDSTEIN: Carney can’t fix Canada’s underperforming economy on his own

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s pledge to make the Canadian economy the strongest in the G7 is the equivalent of attempting to turn around the Titanic before it hits the iceberg.

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June 7, 2025 Columnists

Prime Minister Mark Carney delivers a press conference at Rideau Hall after his cabinet's swearing-in ceremony on May 13, 2025 in Ottawa.

GOLDSTEIN: Tax Freedom Day is Sunday, June 8, when Canadians finally start working for themselves: report

Tax Freedom Day — when Canadians stop working for the government in order to pay their taxes and start working for themselves — will arrive on Sunday, June 8 this year, according to a new study by the Fraser Institute.

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June 5, 2025 Columnists

GOLDSTEIN: Carney’s hocus-pocus plan to increase debt and balance the budget

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s promise that his government will “spend less and invest more” is the same sort of fiscal flimflammery as Justin Trudeau’s claim in 2014 that as prime minister he would grow the economy and “the budget will balance itself.”

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May 31, 2025 Columnists

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney arrives for a press conference on Parliament Hill following the Cabinet Policy Forum, in Ottawa on May 21, 2025.

GOLDSTEIN: The hazards of becoming a ‘green energy superpower’

One of the realities politicians don’t like to talk about is that turning Canada into a green energy superpower — as Prime Minister Mark Carney has promised — means eliminating the rights of communities directly affected by energy-related projects to have a say in them.

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May 28, 2025 Columnists

GOLDSTEIN: Can Carney Liberals fix damage caused by Trudeau Liberals?

It's hard to see how effective Carney's cabinet will be in achieving his goals, given its large contingent of Trudeau-era ministers

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May 24, 2025 Columnists

Former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (R) embraces upcoming leader Mark Carney

GOLDSTEIN: In Canada, tolerating intolerance has led to hate

One of the major societal shifts in Canada in recent decades is that we’ve gone from being a tolerant society to one that tolerates intolerance.

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May 21, 2025 Columnists

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators wave flags and chant outside the fenced in area of an encampment on the University of Toronto campus in downtown Toronto, May 2, 2024.

GOLDSTEIN: 'Elbows up' was Liberal rhetoric while policy was 'quietly fold' on tariffs

Mark Carney's "elbows up" rhetoric during the campaign appears to have been done mainly for show

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May 17, 2025 Columnists

U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Prime Minister Mark Carney in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on May 6, 2025.

GOLDSTEIN: Honda decision raises doubts about Canada’s $52.5 billion bet on EVs

Honda’s decision to delay its $15-billion Electric Vehicle project in Alliston, Ontario for two years is a reminder of the enormous financial stake federal and provincial governments have made in EVs, committing to larger taxpayer-funded incentives than the industry is investing in itself.

May 14, 2025 Columnists