Mark Bonokoski

LATEST STORIES BY MARK BONOKOSKI

BONOKOSKI: Defence minister sticks to weak-kneed script

Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan is certainly loyal.

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May 5, 2021 Opinion

Minister of National Defence Harjit Sajjan is seen during a news conference, Thursday May 7, 2020 in Ottawa.

BONOKOSKI: Canadian military SNAFU … Situation Normal All F----- Up!

It ha d to be demoralizing.

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May 3, 2021 Columnists

BONOKOSKI: Bad vibe aside, oilsands a uniquely Canadian success story

A dirty word: Oilsands

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May 1, 2021 Columnists

Suncor's base plant with upgraders in the oil sands in Fort McMurray Alta.

BONOKOSKI: A Conservative victory means no SoCons in the mix

If the federal Conservatives ever hope to be elected again, and that’s a big if, they have to first be dragged kicking and screaming into at least the tail end of the 20th century.

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April 29, 2021 Columnists

Delegates vote on party constitution items at the Conservative Party of Canada national policy convention in Halifax Aug. 24, 2018.

BONOKOSKI: Lisa Raitt kicked off riding executive by new candidate

In one foul swoop, 10 directors up for re-election at the Milton Conservative riding association were given the boot, including its high-profile former MP Lisa Raitt — the coup led by new Tory candidate Nadeem Akbar, who stacked his deck with 200-plus new voting members.

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April 28, 2021 Columnists

Lisa Raitt, co-chair of the Conservative leadership race, speaks during a live television broadcast to provide an update on the timing of the announcement for the new leader of the Conservative Party of Canada Aug. 23, 2020.

BONOKOSKI: Former PMO aide's testimony takes heat off Trudeau

The Trudeau Liberals tried their collective best to keep former PMO political adviser, Elder Marques, from testifying before the House Defence Committee delving into serious sexual allegations against retired chief of defence staff, general Jonathan Vance .

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April 27, 2021 Canada

In this file photo taken on December 18, 2020 Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during a Covid-19 briefing at the Rideau Cottage in Ottawa, Ontario.

BONOKOSKI: The insensitivity of feminist talker Chrystia Freeland

There is good timing and then there is bad.

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April 24, 2021 Columnists

In a video posted on Twitter on April 18, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland wore a black T-shirt emblazoned with the message "Je Parle Feministe."

BONOKOSKI: Flogging a work horse when it's down

Ontario Premier Doug Ford, hard-pressed by a swirling COVID-19 crisis and now in isolation, has seemingly everyone calling for his head.

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April 22, 2021 Columnists

The closed door to the office of Ontario Premier Doug Ford is seen at the Ontario Legislature, in Toronto, Tuesday, April 20, 2021.

BONOKOSKI: The guilt (?) of Charlie Angus, the NDP’s ethics critic

ND P ethics critic Charlie Angu s has chosen to resurrect the name of Rob Ford, who died of cancer in 2016 after a horror show as may or of Toronto , in order to slag his brother , the premier of Ontario,

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April 21, 2021 Opinion

Former Toronto mayor Rob Ford (front) is pictured in November 2010 with his brother, Premier Doug Ford.

BONOKOSKI: Trudeau-Freeland budget discounts cost of organized crime

With their first budget in two years, with the pandemic as a n impetus , the Trudeau Liberals blew b illions of additional dollars of borrowed money into the wind as if as it w ere free .

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April 20, 2021 Opinion

Mark Bonokoski

LATEST STORIES BY MARK BONOKOSKI

BONOKOSKI: Defence minister sticks to weak-kneed script

BONOKOSKI: Canadian military SNAFU … Situation Normal All F----- Up!

BONOKOSKI: Bad vibe aside, oilsands a uniquely Canadian success story

BONOKOSKI: A Conservative victory means no SoCons in the mix

BONOKOSKI: Lisa Raitt kicked off riding executive by new candidate

BONOKOSKI: Former PMO aide's testimony takes heat off Trudeau

BONOKOSKI: The insensitivity of feminist talker Chrystia Freeland

BONOKOSKI: Flogging a work horse when it's down

BONOKOSKI: The guilt (?) of Charlie Angus, the NDP’s ethics critic

BONOKOSKI: Trudeau-Freeland budget discounts cost of organized crime

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