Mark Bonokoski

LATEST STORIES BY MARK BONOKOSKI

BONOKOSKI: Religion not the be-all answer to end all answers

On the first day of my first career job, circa the summer of 1972, I was sent back to the Palliser Hotel’s barber shop three times to get my longish hair cut shorter and shorter.

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December 15, 2021 Columnists

People attend a protest against Bill 21, after a court ruled that some teachers and provincial politicians are exempt from a controversial law that bans public employees from wearing religious symbols, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada April, 20, 2021.

BONOKOSKI: No roses coming up in Trudeau Liberals' fiscal update

When was it? 1959, that everyone was singing the song from Gypsy, “everything’s coming up roses,” an upbeat ditty that became the signature song of the late Ethel Merman?

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December 13, 2021 Columnists

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, along with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, talk to families virtually in Ottawa on April 21, 2021.

BONOKOSKI: The slapping down of eco-exploiter David Suzuki

Nothing could be finer in the lead-up to Christmas than to see environmental activist David Suzuki and his bags full of money getting slammed with both a petition and a boycott.

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December 12, 2021 Opinion

Environmental activist David Suzuki speaks during a rally in 2019.

BONOKOSKI: Future generations of Canadians face bleak future

Never in the last decade have Canadians had such low expectations for future generations.

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December 11, 2021 Columnists

Canadian grandchildren face a bleak future, according to Mark Bonokoski.

BONOKOSKI: Full Olympic boycott would have sent stronger message

Now that the U.S. has shuffled to the left enough for Canada to be a politically-aligned neighbor, it seemed the easy choice to follow President Joe Biden and also “diplomatically” boycott next year’s Winter Olympics in Beijing.

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December 9, 2021 Columnists

BONOKOSKI: A legislative ‘here’s your hat, what’s your hurry?’

By Friday, by which time the Trudeau Liberals had hoped to have rammed through another $7.4 billion in new pandemic spending, it would have been a done deal if saner Conservative heads had not prevailed by slamming on the brakes.

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December 8, 2021 Opinion

BONOKOSKI: Fears of trucker vaccination cockup in supply-line management

Long-haul truckers rarely make the news, but the fact that there is still food, produce, meat, and dairy products in our grocery stores is a tribute to them keeping the supply chain rolling.

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November 29, 2021 Columnists

A truck crosses the Bluewater Bridge border crossing between Sarnia and Port Huron, U.S.

BONOKOSKI: More government funding needed, just follow the smoke

Last week, the Ontario government of Premier Doug Ford announced it was investing $71.5 million to reinforce the fight against gun and gang violence and organized crime.

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November 27, 2021 Columnists

BONOKOSKI: Pandora Papers open a criminal Pandora’s box

In the parallel world of the filthy rich and the criminally corrupt, as shown vividly in the recently-released Pandora Papers, it’s always the typical “little guy” who gets run over and left as road kill.

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November 25, 2021 Columnists

anama Papers are explosive to offshore banking. (Cartoon by Malcolm Mayes)

BONOKOSKI: What’s the price of a litre of milk? Don’t ask Trudeau

Now that the speech from the throne has been delivered, it is time for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to start delivering on what he cited were his “priorities,” upon calling what he hyped was the most important election since the defeat of the Nazis.

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November 24, 2021 Columnists

Do you think Prime Minister Justin Trudeau could tell you the price of a carton of milk?

Mark Bonokoski

LATEST STORIES BY MARK BONOKOSKI

BONOKOSKI: Religion not the be-all answer to end all answers

BONOKOSKI: No roses coming up in Trudeau Liberals' fiscal update

BONOKOSKI: The slapping down of eco-exploiter David Suzuki

BONOKOSKI: Future generations of Canadians face bleak future

BONOKOSKI: Full Olympic boycott would have sent stronger message

BONOKOSKI: A legislative ‘here’s your hat, what’s your hurry?’

BONOKOSKI: Fears of trucker vaccination cockup in supply-line management

BONOKOSKI: More government funding needed, just follow the smoke

BONOKOSKI: Pandora Papers open a criminal Pandora’s box

BONOKOSKI: What’s the price of a litre of milk? Don’t ask Trudeau

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