Mark Bonokoski

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BONOKOSKI: America about to get a true big-spender president

By shortly after noon-hour Wednesday, amidst the hardcore bunting of plywood, steel barricades and razor wire (plus 25,000 National Guard troops), the hyper-progressive Joe Biden will have been sworn in as the 46th President of the United States.

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January 18, 2021 Columnists

Thousands of flags creating a "field of flags" are seen on the National Mall ahead of Joe Biden's swearing-in inauguration ceremony as the 46th president in Washington on January 18, 2021.

BONOKOSKI: CBSA packs a convincing wallop on drug seizures

Agents do much more than check your baggage when returning from vacation

January 16, 2021 Columnists

A Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) officer wears a protective face mask amid coronavirus fears as she checks passports for those arriving at Toronto Pearson International Airport in Toronto March 15, 2020.

BONOKOSKI: Justin Trudeau's playing with a whole heap of crazy

When I was youngish and in my first year of college, and my maternal grandmother was the gentlest soul I had ever met, we were having tea before I returned to Toronto from her home in St. Catharines.

January 15, 2021 Columnists

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau puts on a mask at a news conference in Ottawa

BONOKOSKI: Dismal math surrounding COVID-19's latest emergency

The COVID app on my smartphone — which is being pushed on TV by Health Canada as a must-have — consistently tells me I have not been in contact with anyone with the virus.

January 13, 2021 Columnists

App store preview of the COVID Alert App

BONOKOSKI: Washington now wants Trump gone in? Quick, start the clock

But what is Trump actually doing? What is he thinking?

January 11, 2021 Columnists

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence presides over a joint session of Congress with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) on January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC.

BONOKOSKI: Time for RCMP to battle cigarette criminals on First Nation reserves

Undercover operations are needed to bring down the illegal manufacturers that operate openly

January 9, 2021 Columnists

A vehicle stop on Hwy. 401 in Napanee in January 2019 led to the seizure of 296 cases of illegal cigarettes packed into a U-Haul truck.

BONOKOSKI: The case against indicting or ousting President Trump

It is best to let Trump die on his own vine and be judged by history's unrelenting memory.

January 7, 2021 Columnists

U.S. President Donald Trump is seen on TV from a video message released on Twitter, seen in an empty Brady Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, D.C. on January 6, 2020.

BONOKOSKI: Colour battle of lefties in America and Canada

It’s confusing when you dive into the colour politics of the United States without first shaking your head clear of Canada.

January 6, 2021 Columnists

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (right) shakes hands with U.S. Vice President Joe Biden during a meeting in Trudeau's office on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Dec. 9, 2016.

BONOKOSKI: 2020 turned out to be an exceptionally good year — for China

‘Twas the time of year, of course, when news organizations and pollsters named the top news stories of 2020.

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January 5, 2021 Columnists

Huawei Technologies Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou leaves a court hearing during a break in Vancouver, B.C., Sept. 28, 2020.

BONOKOSKI: Donations poured into PET foundation once Justin Trudeau became Liberal leader

When Justin Trudeau was elected Liberal leader in 2013, the money was soon raining down on the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation — not to mention Trudeaumania 2.0 making him prime minister two years later.

December 18, 2020 Columnists