Mark Towhey

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TOWHEY: Affordability is the ballot box question

The ballot box question in this federal election boils down to this: Which government can I afford?

October 18, 2019 Columnists

In this file photo taken on October 10, 2019 (from left) federal party leaders, Jagmeet Singh, Elizabeth May, Maxime Bernier, host Patrice Roy, Justin Trudeau, Andrew Scheer, and Yves-Francois Blanchet pose for pictures before their French language debate at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Quebec. (ADRIAN WYLD/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

TOWHEY: Canada should boycott China games

Canada has finally ordered its soldiers to China.

October 11, 2019 Columnists

Canadian Army soldiers stand next to their LAV 6 armoured personnel carrier during NATO enhanced Forward Presence battle group military exercise Silver Arrow in Adazi, Latvia, on Oct. 5, 2019.

TOWHEY: Canada's soldiers never top of mind at election time

National Defence is not a top-of-mind issue in this federal election. Frankly, it rarely is. Fortunately, Canada does not face regular, imminent perils in this fraught world.

October 8, 2019 Columnists

A contingent of Canadian Armed Forces members. Errol McGihon/Postmedia

TOWHEY: Tech could keep Canadians safer from violent offenders

Duvel Hibbert was out on bail awaiting trial on drug and breach of bail charges, when he was shot and killed in a gangland slaying at a Toronto nightclub in 2015. Police say he was targeted. Not so, an innocent woman also killed and three others injured in the attack. Had Hibbert not been out on bail, on charges of breaching previous bail conditions, perhaps all five of them would be alive and well today.

October 5, 2019 Columnists

An ankle monitor is seen on Huawei Chief Financial Officer, Meng Wanzhou as she leaves her Vancouver home to appear in British Columbia Supreme Court in Vancouver on Sept. 30, 2019.

TOWHEY: It's time to change Canada's NCR laws

Millions of Canadians live with mental illness. I’m one of them.

September 29, 2019 Columnists

The courthouse at Old City Hall in Toronto, Ont. on Thursday July 11, 2019.

Army didn't make Minassian a killer

Alek Minassian joined the Canadian Armed Forces in 2017, hoping to join the infantry — the army’s go-anywhere, whatever-it-takes, combat soldiers. About two weeks after applying, he found himself at the Canadian Forces Leadership and Recruit School in St. Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que.

September 28, 2019 Toronto & GTA

TOWHEY: Vote early, if not often

Have you already decided who you’re voting for? Then why haven’t you voted yet?

September 27, 2019 Election 2019

Clockwise, top left: Jagmeet Singh, Justin Trudeau, Elizabeth May, Maxime Bernier, Andrew Scheer and Yves-François Blanchet.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Why you need to know what Alek Minassian said

Why publish details of Alek Minassian’s chilling statement to police, taken just hours after he was arrested for the horrific van attack on Toronto pedestrians April 23, 2018?

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September 27, 2019 Columnists

Candles are lit at the memorial to the victims of the van attack following the #TorontoStrong Vigil at Mel Lastman Square in Toronto on Sunday April 29, 2018. The event brought people together following the terror attack that left 10 people dead. Ernest Doroszuk/Toronto Sun

TOWHEY: Justice finally for Ezekiel's beleaguered parents

Ezekiel Stephan was just 19-months old when he died at a Calgary hospital on March 16, 2012. It was a tragedy that captured the nation’s attention. But, it was never a crime.

September 20, 2019 Columnists

Ezekiel Stephan was 19 months old when he died on March 16, 2012. (Facebook)

TOWHEY: Canadians should measure candidates by their interests

Over the next 37 days, Canadians will decide who forms our next government.

September 14, 2019 Columnists