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: Trudeau has explained his carbon tax and millions of Canadians aren't buying it

Many defenders of Canada’s carbon tax insist it’s a great idea but Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hasn’t explained it properly.

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November 20, 2024 Columnists

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau gestures as he talks during a session of the Global Citizen Now, ahead of the G20 Summit, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024.

GOLDSTEIN: Trudeau gov't tripled spending on Indigenous issues to $32B annually in decade, report says

While the Trudeau government has tripled the amount of money it spends on Indigenous issues from $11 billion annually in 2015 to more than $32 billion earmarked for 2025, it doesn’t appear to be improving the lives of on-reserve Indigenous people, according to a new study by the fiscally conservative Fraser Institute.

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November 19, 2024 News

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau walks in a gymnasium where Indigenous people of Ouje-Bougoumou who were evacuated because of wildfires were staying, Wednesday, June 14, 2023 at Chicoutimi Cegep in Saguenay, Que.

GOLDSTEIN: Liberal lack of ethics starts at the top

PM Justin Trudeau sets the standard of ethical conduct so, given his example, it's hardly surprising his ministers keep breaking the law

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November 16, 2024 Columnists

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau leaves during a break as he appears as a witness at the Foreign Interference Commission in Ottawa on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024.

GOLDSTEIN: Ontario an 'economic laggard' in Canada, report says

Most populous province no longer engine of Canadian economy, according to Fraser Institute analysis

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November 13, 2024 Columnists

The former Kellogg's factory in London, Ont., is now the home of various businesses.

GOLDSTEIN: How global warming fried the Trudeau Liberals

Ever since coming to power in 2015, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Liberals have fervently believed their climate change and carbon tax policies would make the Conservatives unelectable, as long as Canada’s official opposition party refused to come up with its own plan.

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November 9, 2024 Columnists

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during a Liberal Party fundraising event in Vancouver, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024.

GOLDSTEIN: Toronto saxophonist Dave McLaughlin devoted to helping those in need

We all know there are people who complain about problems. And then there are people who do something about problems.

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November 7, 2024 Columnists

Saxophone player Dave McLaughlin is seen on Feb. 25, 2015.

GOLDSTEIN: Trump will boost U.S. energy production while Trudeau cuts Canada’s

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s sweeping election victory has thrown Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s green energy and climate change policies into chaos, because of the Liberal government’s failure to understand the importance of harmonizing Canada’s energy policies with those of the U.S.

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November 6, 2024 Columnists

Republican presidential nominee former president Donald Trump arrives at a campaign rally in Lititz, Pa., Sunday, Nov. 3, 2024.

GOLDSTEIN: Someone tell the Liberals – Canadians fear Trudeau’s ‘hidden agenda,’ too!

But that doesn't mean the Conservatives can afford to be complacent heading into the next federal election

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November 2, 2024 Columnists

GOLDSTEIN: Please, prime minister, stop saving us!

While Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is on a mission to save Canada from the policies of Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, his problem is that, according to the polls, far more Canadians want to be saved from Trudeau and his government.

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October 30, 2024 Columnists