Mark Bonokoski

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BONOKOSKI: The bad elixirs known as the Progressive Conservatives

With the Ontario election just six weeks away, voters need to be reminded that the Liberals almost destroyed the province while making sure their wealthy friends made financial gains.

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April 23, 2022 Columnists

From left, Premier Doug Ford, Liberal Leader Steven Del Duca and NDP Leader Andrea Horwath.

BONOKOSKI: Oil and water: Pierre Poilievre and the media?

On the western frontier, Ottawa’s Pierre Poilievre attracted crowds like a rock star.

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April 21, 2022 Columnists

Conservative party leadership candidate Pierre Poilievre speaks to a crowd of supporters at the River Cree Resort and Casino, on the Enoch Cree Nation just west of Edmonton on Thursday, April 14, 2022.

BONOKOSKI: The heart of the matter is a matter of the heart

I am getting the distinct impression that the gods are out to kill me.

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April 20, 2022 Columnists

BONOKOSKI: The obsession to replace Egerton Ryerson

A bleached history, however, cares not for the truth

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February 19, 2022 Columnists

Ryerson University's administration, sadly, is determined to exorcise the name of Egerton Ryerson as if he were a demonic creature who brought hell on Canada's Indigenous, writes Mark Bonokoski.

BONOKOSKI: ‘A Confederate flag in their barracks?’

It should come as no surprise that two members of Canada’s crack anti-terrorism unit are under investigation for participating in the Freedom Convoy that still litters Ottawa’s downtown, despite the Emergencies Act.

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February 17, 2022 Columnists

A supporter carries a U.S. Confederate flag during the Freedom Convoy protesting COVID-19 vaccine mandates and restrictions in front of Parliament on Jan. 29, 2022 in Ottawa.

BONOKOSKI: ‘It’s all about following the money’ — Freeland

Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland didn’t hang around long during Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s long-winded announcement that he was dropping the Emergencies Act on Canada.

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February 16, 2022 Opinion

Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland pictured at a press conference on Feb. 14, 2022 when Prime Minister Justice Trudeau (behind) invoked the Emergencies Act.

BONOKOSKI: ‘Hell, no, we won’t go’

Many Canadians would not have been surprised that a campaign on the American crowdfunding site — GoFundMe — was launched almost the moment the Freedom Convoy in Ottawa had locked their transport rigs in place three weekends ago.

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February 14, 2022 Columnists