The Andrew Lawton Show

Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland has had nothing to say about Rebel News journalist David Menzies’ arrest, which took place while he was questioning her on her way into a Richmond Hill event. Freeland’s silence is particularly curious given how she’s taken up the press freedom cause in the past, even co-hosting a media freedom conference with her then-counterpart in the United Kingdom. True North’s Andrew Lawton says the hypocrisy is brazen but shouldn’t be all that surprising. Plus, Rebel News founder Ezra Levant joins the show to explain why Rebel is suing Freeland and the RCMP. Plus, while people are starting to talk about the housing and employment challenges being exacerbated by immigration, no one is willing to talk about mass immigration’s cultural effects. With the Canadian consensus on immigration eroding, Macdonald-Laurier Institute domestic policy director Aaron Wudrick says we need a grown-up conversation about immigration. He joins the show to discuss what that should look like. Also, the agenda for next week’s World Economic Forum annual meeting has sessions about the next pandemic, the future of free speech, and several about accelerating the “transition” away from oil and gas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rebel News reporter David Menzies was arrested for “assaulting a police officer” while he was attempting to question Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland at a Richmond Hill, Ont. event yesterday. While he was released without charges, the incident was a brutal overreach given the video footage shows no assault. The police were effectively serving to protect Freeland from uncomfortable questions, True North’s Andrew Lawton says. Menzies joins the show to explain what went down and why he’s now suing Freeland and the police. Also, the Canadian Military Journal, the official publication of the Canadian Armed Forces, devoted a whole issue to attacking the military for being rooted in “patriarchy” and “white supremacy.” Veteran and author Tom Marazzo and Veterans 4 Freedom president Drew MacGillivray join the show to discuss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The same Toronto Police Service whose horses trampled an Indigenous woman during the Freedom Convoy protests saw some of its officers serving coffee to anti-Israel protesters who blocked a bridge in a Jewish neighbourhood on the weekend. Toronto police chief Myron Demkiw has apologized and launched a “thorough review” of the day’s events. True North’s Andrew Lawton says the police have clearly picked a side, which should make Toronto Jews very nervous. He discusses with lawyer Ari Goldkind. Also, the federal government has spent nearly half a million dollars on awards ceremonies for its own employees over the last 10 years. The Canadian Taxpayers Federation’s Kris Sims joins with the latest. Plus, True North is returning to Davos – not as Klaus Schwab’s invited guests, but as journalists. Except the World Economic Forum has barred us from getting into any of the official venues. Andrew explains why it isn’t going to stop him or his colleagues. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Conservative MP Leslyn Lewis has sponsored a petition calling on Canada to withdraw from the United Nations and the World Health Organization, saying Canada’s membership in these bodies has undermined the “health rights and freedom of Canadians.” Liberal and NDP MPs have accused Lewis and the Conservatives of being dangerous conspiracy theorists as a result. What do you think? True North’s Andrew Lawton weighs in. Also, the British Columbia Supreme Court has ruled that it would violate drug users’ constitutional rights to keep them away from playgrounds. This comes as a new report from the Macdonald-Laurier institute exposes how so-called safe supply policies have failed. The report’s author, National Post columnist Adam Zivo, joins the show to discuss. Plus, is civility dead? Author Alexandra Hudson calls for a return of civility to bridge the widening political divide in her new book “The Soul of Civility” and comes on to share her thoughts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Harvard president Claudine Gay has resigned after countless examples of plagiarism were exposed by independent journalists. Now that she’s out, the media is blaming it all on conservatives, with one commentator going so far as to say exposing Gay’s plagiarism was an “attack on diversity.” True North’s Andrew Lawton weighs in. Plus, starting this year, Saskatchewan isn’t collecting the carbon tax on fuel and home heating as it protests the federal government’s exemption for Atlantic Canadians and their home heating oil. Saskatchewan Crown Corporations Minister Dustin Duncan joins The Andrew Lawton Show to discuss. Also, the Federal Court has ruled that Rebel News’ lawn signs promoting Ezra Levant’s book “The Libranos” were illegal. Levant weighs in on what this means for free speech and political discourse. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Justin Trudeau is starting off 2024 defiant. In one of his year-end interviews with the legacy media, Trudeau said his declining popularity in the polls has nothing to do with him. He has been steadfast in his commitment to lead the Liberals into the next election. Do you think he’ll be able to hold onto his leadership all year? True North’s Andrew Lawton weighs in. Also, Saskatchewan is no longer collecting the carbon tax on natural gas and electrical heat in protest of the federal government’s carbon tax exemption on home heating oil, mostly benefitting Atlantic Canadians. Plus, SecondStreet.org’s Colin Craig joins the show to discuss how wait times in Canadian hospitals are getting worse and what Canada can do to address this glaring issue. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The year 2023 has come and gone – and it was a busy one for True North journalists. In this edition of The Andrew Lawton Show, the last of the year, Andrew checks in with True North journalists Sue-Ann Levy, Rachel Emmanuel, and Cosmin Dzsurdzsa on their favourite stories from the year past. They discuss the re-election of Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, the Million Person March for parental rights, the tragic suicide of Toronto principal Richard Bilkszto, and the London Public Library's embrace of censorship. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Of the few certainties in the world, one is that government spending, left unchecked, will continue to grow. 2023 was no exception, with the Canadian government getting bigger than ever and Canadian taxpayers footing the bill. In this year-end edition of the show, Andrew Lawton checks in with the Canadian Taxpayers Federation's Kris Sims and Franco Terrazzano on the worst and zaniest examples of taxpayer waste before taking in the bigger picture of how the bureaucracy gets so out of hand in the first place. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Justin Trudeau once claimed Canada was a post-national country, and later that Canada was a genocidal nation. Canada and Canadian identity have been under attack by the left – and many of its harshest critics have taken over key institutions including academia and the media. Does Canada have a positive future? True North's Andrew Lawton discusses with Aristotle Foundation founder Mark Milke in a conversation that also touches on history, philosophy, and the importance of free speech. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sheila Gunn Reid has become a star independent journalist in Canada, but a decade ago she wasn't all that political and never would have imagined a job in media. Now the editor-in-chief of Rebel News, Gunn Reid got her start by making trouble for Liberal candidates on Twitter, and soon found she had a knack for journalism the legacy media wasn't doing. She joins True North's Andrew Lawton to talk about how she got her start in media as a mom and farmer in rural Alberta. Gunn Reid and Lawton also talk about media bias, independent journalism, and, erm, pickles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

While the Covid era has come to an end, the courts are still filled with cases of people who were targeted by the Orwellian regime that covered Canada for the better part of three years. In many cases, constitutional challenges have fallen on deaf ears, with courts giving wide latitude to governments. In this edition of The Andrew Lawton Show, Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms president John Carpay joins for a check-in on the state of civil liberties in Canada and whether we should be pessimistic, optimistic, or somewhere in between. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s the holiday season, so why not shake up the format a bit? In this edition of The Andrew Lawton Show, True North’s Andrew Lawton takes questions live from show listeners on anything and everything. Plus, a breakdown of yesterday’s interview with Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pierre Poilievre is just about to conclude his first full year as leader of the Conservative Party of Canada. In this year-end interview on True North's The Andrew Lawton Show, Poilievre sits down to discuss the past year and offer a bit of a glimpse at what may come in the year ahead. In this wide-ranging interview, he and Lawton discuss inflation and housing, legal and illegal immigration, Israel, and free speech – and why Poilievre thinks Trudeau is a "radical authoritarian." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Renowned psychologist and author Jordan Peterson had jokingly offered to take over as Harvard president following a plagiarism scandal embroiling the Ivy League school’s current president, Claudine Gay, and backlash to the school’s light touch when it comes to rampant on-campus antisemitism. In a post on X, Peterson hinted that he has a “proven academic track record, a now-international reputation, and the ability to stand up to the bloody narcissists of the woke mob.” Would you support a Peterson takeover of the Ivy League? Also, the House of Commons has voted to advance a bill requiring age verification to access online pornography, with only the Liberals opposed. True North’s Andrew Lawton says the goal of keeping porn away from children is a noble one, but this bill is the wrong way to do it. Plus, Prof. Tom Flanagan joins the show to discuss his new book “Grave Error,” an anthology challenging the mainstream media and establishment narrative about residential schools and unmarked graves. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Countries at the United Nations’ COP28 climate summit have agreed to “transition away” from oil and gas, which Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault is trumpeting as a “global consensus” for clean energy. True North’s Andrew Lawton says the UN and Canada are in lockstep when it comes to harming the Canadian economy and killing jobs while doing nothing for the climate. He discusses with ClimateDepot.com publisher Marc Morano Also, a new anthology gives former Ontario premier Mike Harris his due as a “transformational premier” who influenced Ontario politics and Canadian politics. Alister Campbell, editor of “The Harris Legacy,” joins the show to discuss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jagmeet Singh and the NDP are doing a victory lap after the Liberals unveiled a plan to provide dental insurance for up to nine million low-income, uninsured Canadians. However, the program is an exapnsion of an existing one that already covered children. Moreover, the "universal national pharmacare" plan laid out in the NDP/Liberal supply and confidence agreement is still nowhere to be found. Jagmeet Singh has underdelivered yet again – but still thinks he won, True North's Andrew Lawton says. Also, Macdonald-Laurier Institute managing director Brian Lee Crowley on why supporting Israel is in Canada's national interests. Plus, the Fraser Institute's Jake Fuss on why Canadian generosity is at a record low. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nearly 250,000 people have signed a viral House of Commons petition calling for a vote of non-confidence in Justin Trudeau’s government. These petitions are non-binding, but they do reflect growing frustration with the Liberal government at a time when Trudeau’s poll numbers have been dwarfed by Pierre Poilievre’s. Did you sign the petition? Also, after two months, Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly finally condemned Hamas’ sexual violence against Israeli women and girls in its October 7th attacks. Toronto Sun columnist Brian Lilley joins to discuss how Trudeau’s “feminist” foreign policy is empty words. Plus, Kris Sims from the Canadian Taxpayers Federation on how the government managed to spend $200 million just to administer its carbon tax. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

She’s back! True North founder and editor-in-chief Candice Malcolm has returned from maternity leave, relaunching The Candice Malcolm Show and gearing up for some big plans for True North. In this edition of the Andrew Lawton Show, Candice and Andrew talk about the decline of legacy media, the rise of independent media and what the future likely holds for both. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Andrew Tate is a self-described manipulator, pimp, and pornographer, yet he’s also become a curious hero for some on the right who see him as a victim of cancel culture. The truth, True North’s Andrew Lawton says, is that the enemy of your enemy isn’t always your friend. He discusses with journalist and author Jonathon Van Maren. Also, the federal government is still considering a criminal ban on residential school “denialism.” Andrew explains why that’s so dangerous for free speech. Plus, why are more parents opting out of the public system and sending their kids to independent schools. Paige MacPherson from the Fraser Institute joins to dig in. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Canada’s first ever citizen-led inquiry, the National Citizens Inquiry into the country’s Covid-19 response, has come to a close, issuing its commissioners’ final report this morning. The report exposes harms caused by lockdowns, vaccine mandates, and other Covid interventions by the government, calling on the government to put civil liberties front and centre moving forward. While the inquiry is damning, it has no official status and was boycotted by all invited public officials. Does it matter? True North’s Andrew Lawton discusses with National Citizens Inquiry administrator Ches Crosbie. Also, a Liberal member of parliament is blaming Pierre Poilievre and the “far-right” for a shooting in Winnipeg. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Another day, another tense press conference featuring Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre and the legacy media. Poilievre challenged a Canadian Press reporter’s question in an exchange that has legacy media talking heads calling him a “bully” and predicting he’ll lose the election. They’re used to no one challenging them, True North’s Andrew Lawton says. These are the journalists Justin Trudeau just announced even more money for. Kris Sims from the Canadian Taxpayers Federation joins the show to discuss. Plus, the NDP is reportedly going to give the Liberals an extension on coming up with a pharmacare plan and won’t be pulling their support from them for failing to do so by the end of this year. Also, a new report from C2C Journal exposes the “dangers and delusions” of central bank digital currencies, which the Bank of Canada is actively exploring. Author Gleb Lisikh weighs in. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Liberals delivered their fall fiscal update yesterday, painting a grim picture of Canada’s finances despite Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland’s claim that Canada is not and never has been “broken.” The update shows more spending, more deficits, and more taxes, with millions more going to bailing out Canadian journalists and ballooning debt servicing costs. True North’s Andrew Lawton discusses with Conservative finance critic Jasraj Singh Hallan. Plus, the federal government has vowed to fight to defend its plastics ban despite a court finding it was unconstitutional. What does this mean for Canadian industry? Catherine Swift of the Coalition of Concerned Manufacturers & Businesses of Canada joins to weigh in. While antisemitic protests have become a mainstay across the country, Quebec has proven to be a particular hotbed for Jew hatred. National Post Barbara Kay explains why that is. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Canadian Human Rights Commission has been quiet on six weeks of rampant antisemitic hate and calls for violence against Jews and Israelis, but has published a discussion paper taking aim at the real source of discrimination – Christmas and Easter. The human rights commission says Christmas and Easter being holidays is discriminatory against non-Christians, making Canada a religiously intolerant “settler colonial state.” True North’s Andrew Lawton discusses with Rebel News founder Ezra Levant. Plus, a new report from C2C Journal exposes the “dangers and delusions” of central bank digital currencies, which the Bank of Canada is actively exploring. Author Gleb Lisikh joins the show to discuss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An analysis of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s daily itineraries by journalist Glen McGregor reveals that in Trudeau’s eight years in office, he’s taken 22 months – nearly two years – of “personal” days. This is 24 per cent of his term that has been days off, with no public events or publicly disclosed meetings. True North’s Andrew Lawton weighs in. Legacy media journalists are criticizing Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre for calling the Trudeau government “socialist” – even though one of Trudeau’s ministers publicly called himself a “proud socialist” a couple of weeks ago. Also, the Federal Court has struck down the federal government’s plastics ban as unconstitutional, the latest rebuke of Trudeau’s environmental policies. Andrew discusses with the Canadian Taxpayers Federation’s Kris Sims. Plus, does Canada need a top-to-bottom reform of its tax system? Macdonald-Laurier Institute researcher Aaron Wudrick says we do. He joins the show to explain. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Former Reform Party leader Preston Manning was tapped by the Alberta government to lead an inquiry into Alberta's legislative response to Covid. The panel found that Albertans need better protection against infringements on their rights and freedoms and that Alberta's emergency management agency – not public health officials – should take the lead on emergency response. The panel also recommends against school closures, which it found should only be a last resort and for as short a time as possible. Manning joins True North's Andrew Lawton to discuss the panel's report and recommendations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The federal government has finalized yet another extension of its amnesty period for firearms banned by order-in-council in May 2020, meaning owners of newly prohibited guns may have a reprieve if Justin Trudeau’s Liberals are ousted in the next election. True North’s Andrew Lawton discusses why this is good news and focuses in on what Alberta has done to push back against Ottawa gun control. Also, a new study from the Aristotle Foundation finds that despite the proclamations of Trudeau and the mainstream media, Canada is not a systemically racist country after all. Aristotle Foundation president Mark Milke joins the show to discuss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bernie Farber, the founder of the Canadian Anti-Hate Network, admitted in an X post that the CAHN lacks the “resources” to look into anything other than the “extreme right.” This was his explanation for CAHN’s relative silence in the wake of Hamas’ attacks on Israel and rampant antisemitism across Canada at pro-Palestine rallies. True North’s Andrew Lawton says Farber accidentally said the quiet part out loud, admitting a lot of Jew hatred comes from the left. Also, the media is freaking out over Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s upcoming appearance with Tucker Carlson. Plus, interviews and stories from the Alberta UCP AGM and the ARC Forum in London. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's United Conservative Party government has taken an unequivocally Alberta-first stance in its policies and messaging. From passing the Sovereignty Act to running ads in Ottawa taking aim at federal policy, Smith has been unafraid of positioning Alberta as Confederation's provincial watchdog. In this special edition of The Andrew Lawton Show, we share Andrew's fireside chat with Smith, recorded after her speech at True North Nation in Calgary last month – True North's first ever live and in-person event. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The first ever conference for the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC) concluded this afternoon, wrapping up three days of discussions about responsibility, freedom and citizenship in the context of uplifting individuals and families, rather than states and globalism. True North’s Andrew Lawton spoke to dozens of attendees from different backgrounds and found one fairly common goal – a rejection of wokeness and grievance politics. In this edition of the show, live from London, Andrew recaps the conference and shares some interviews he did there. Plus, thousands of Alberta United Conservative Party members are set to descend on Calgary this week for what’s shaping up to be the biggest political party convention Canada has ever seen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

While the World Economic Forum and globalist commentators push for open borders, attendees at the Alliance for Responsibility (ARC) Forum in London, United Kingdom, are more concerned with dismally low birth rates in the west and unfettered mass migration. True North’s Andrew Lawton comes to you live from London after wrapping up Day 2 of the inaugural ARC Forum. According to a new poll, more Canadians than ever believe the country’s immigration rates are too high. This comes as the Liberal government continues to ramp up immigration targets despite an affordability crisis. The consensus on immigration is changing – not just in Canada, but around in the world. Plus, the Federal Court has defended Justin Trudeau’s 2020 gun ban in a ruling delivered yesterday. Canadian Coalition for Firearm Rights CEO Rod Giltaca joins the show to discuss what this means for gun owners and Canadians as a whole. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

True North’s Andrew Lawton is live from London, United Kingdom, where the first Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC) Forum kicked off today. The conference features 1,500 delegates from 72 countries with discussions about citizenship, responsibility and individualism, rather than globalism and collectivism. Andrew says this makes it an important counterbalance to the World Economic Forum and its annual Davos summits. Also, a Liberal cabinet minister says if western Canadians want their concerns about the carbon tax to be heard, they need to vote Liberal. Plus, Kris Sims of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation on the return of the Alberta legislature and the federal government’s home heating oil backtrack. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Many of the progressives who wish to censor speech they disagree with as “hate speech” and mandate pronoun usage are defending their right to free speech when challenged on endorsing or condoning Hamas violence against Israel. If you hope that pointing out this double standard will change anything, you’re mistaken, True North’s Andrew Lawton says: the anti-free speech left doesn’t care. True North’s Sue-Ann Levy joins to talk about the Toronto District School Board-sanctioned student walkout to protest Israel underway today. Plus, free speech-loving doctors and medical professionals are holding a conference in Nova Scotia this weekend to take a stand for Free Speech in Medicine. Organizer Dr. Chris Milburn joins the show to explain. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre spoke in support of a private member’s bill banning federal vaccine mandates. Liberal MPs including Mark Gerretsen and Seamus O’Regan said it was a “waste of time” and accused Poilievre of not being focused on real issues. True North’s Andrew Lawton says the Liberals just don’t want to be forced to defend their atrocious Covid record. Also, True North journalist Noah Jarvis joins the show to discuss his series on waste, mismanagement and conflicts of interest at the federal clean technology crown corporation Sustainable Development Technology Canada. Plus, lawyers Christine Van Geyn and Joanna Baron of the Canadian Constitution Foundation have a new book out about the government’s assaults on freedom over the last three years. They join the show to talk about Pandemic Panic: How Canadian Government Responses to Covid 19 Changed Civil Liberties Forever. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A massive poll conducted by the federal government found that a majority of Canadians think Justin Trudeau is on the wrong track on nearly all issues. In spite of these numbers, the Liberals have doubled down on their record and ramped up their attacks on the Conservatives. Do you think there’s anything they could do to turn the ship around? True North’s Andrew Lawton weighs in. Also, several Liberal and New Democrat politicians and left-wing media personalities have called for a “ceasefire” between Israel and Hamas. They claim to be speaking up for “peace,” but all they’re doing is denying Israel’s right to self-defence. JSpaceCanada chair Joe Roberts joins the show to discuss. Plus, Girl Guides of Canada is banning its chapters from participating in Santa Claus parades because of the organization’s commitment to “secularism and inclusivity.” This comes as the Canadian Armed Forces prevents chaplains from offering religious prayers at Remembrance Day ceremonies. Veteran Tom Marazzo is back to talk about it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dozens of students at the Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson) law school have signed – and deleted – an open letter condemning Israel as a “settler colony.” The signatories say they “support all forms of Palestinian resistance and efforts toward liberation” and explicitly Palestinians should be judged by different rules than Israelis because the former are the “oppressor.” True North’s Andrew Lawton discusses. Lawyer Ari Goldkind says Toronto police have failed to protect the city’s Jews from a spike in antisemitism. He joins Andrew to weigh in. Plus, Kris Sims from the Canadian Taxpayers Federation joins for her regular Monday check in – this time discussing Rideau Hall’s $8 million barn. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A new poll shows that not only most Canadians favour Pierre Poilievre to Justin Trudeau, but even those who voted for Trudeau in 2021 are split on whether he should step down ahead of the next election. While the polls have consistently bad for the Liberals, Trudeau has been unequivocal that he plans to contest the next election – and his caucus has been in lockstep behind him. Do you think he should run or resign? Also, Trudeau has told Alberta Premier Danielle Smith the federal government will fight Alberta’s proposed withdrawal from the Canada Pension Plan, prompting Smith to tell Ottawa to butt out. True North’s Andrew Lawton discusses with Aaron Wudrick of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. Plus, the criminal mischief trial of Tamara Lich and Chris Barber continues, with testimony this week from Ottawa residents opposed to the Freedom Convoy. Epoch Times reporter Matthew Horwood joins the show to give the latest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The media and politicians were quick to take Hamas at its word and lay blame against Israel for a Palestinian rocket that crashed into a hospital parking lot in Gaza. Media outlets have quietly rewritten their stories and headlines in the past day, but even this morning Minister François-Philippe Champagne referred to the hospital bombing as an “attack.” True North’s Andrew Lawton weighs in. Plus, anti-Israel protests continue to mount, with increasingly antisemitic rhetoric. Andrew discusses with Ratio’d host Harrison Faulkner. Plus, the federal government has vowed to outlaw online “hate speech” as part of its “online harms” bill. Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms president John Carpay joins the program to unpack what this means for free speech. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Liberals have seized on a wave of antisemitic protests to reiterate their pledge to introduce a law regulating “online harms.” The bill, which the Liberals originally promised to table in 2021, would ban restrict online “hate speech” at a lower threshold than what exists in law right now – and penalize social media platforms that allow it. True North’s Andrew Lawton says the answer to hate is not censorship. After taking credit for making grocery store owners lower their prices, the Liberals are now complaining that grocers haven’t provided a firm plan. Canadian Taxpayers Federation federal director Franco Terrazzano weighs in. Also, United Conservative Party members will vote on policy resolutions aimed at protecting parental rights when it comes to children changing gender and pronouns at school Alberta Premier Danielle Smith hasn’t yet committed to taking the same actions that the governments in New Brunswick and Saskatchewan have though. True North COO and longtime Alberta politico William McBeath joins the show to discuss. Plus, American media have taken notice of Pierre Poilievre’s handling of a reporter who accused him of being Trump-like in an awkward interview. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

NDP leader Jagmeet Singh survived a leadership review on the weekend, though fewer NDP members voted for him than did in his last two reviews. More notably, NDP members adopted a resolution calling on the NDP to withdraw its support of the Liberal government unless the Liberals make good on their promise of a national pharmacare plan. True North’s Andrew Lawton weighs in. Also, the federal government withheld documents from the RCMP, preventing the RCMP from fully investigating the SNC-Lavalin scandal. Democracy Watch founder Duff Conacher joins the show to discuss. Plus, what does the Supreme Court of Canada’s rebuke of the ‘no more pipelines’ law, Bill C-69, mean for the Canadian oil and gas sector? The Canadian Taxpayers Federation’s Kris Sims is back to break it down. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Federal Court of Appeal held a hearing yesterday to decide whether it was reasonable to dismiss Brian Peckford’s and Maxime Bernier’s legal challenge of the Covid vaccine mandate for air travel as “moot.” The Federal Court ruled earlier that since the government lifted the mandate, there was no point in adjudicating whether it was unconstitutional (despite the government asserting it had a right to reintroduce it). True North’s Andrew Lawton discusses with lawyer Eva Chipiuk. Fraser Institute senior fellow Kenneth Green joins to discuss how “Covid theatre” replaced public health policy. Plus, Conservative deputy leader Melissa Lantsman on Hamas’ call for global jihad tomorrow and international human rights lawyer Sarah Teich on the “settler” narrative being peddled to justify Hamas violence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Canada’s state broadcaster, CBC, is refusing to refer to Hamas as terrorists in its coverage of the terrorist group’s attacks on Israel over the last four days. A memo sent to its journalists also forbids them from mentioning Israel’s withdrawal from Gaza in 2005. True North’s Andrew Lawton says this shouldn’t come as a surprise given the way the media covers Israel in general, including the latest attacks. Honest Reporting Canada executive director Mike Fegelman joins the show to discuss. Also, CUPE is doubling down after its Ontario president, Fred Hahn, lauded “resistance” in a Thanksgiving message. Plus, the federal government is extending its amnesty on firearms banned by order-in-council in 2020 to 2025, meaning the amnesty will last until after the next federal election. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

While thousands came out yesterday to stand with Israel, a shocking number of protesters at rallies across Canada took to the streets to defend and justify Hamas’ brutal terrorist attacks against Israelis. Some said the attacks were “decolonialism in action.” Others said it was “resistance.” These statements came as the death toll surpasses 1,000 and Hamas threatens to execute hostages. True North’s Andrew Lawton weighs in. Plus, Canadians faced more difficulty getting news over the weekend thanks to Bill C-18, which prompted Facebook to block Canadian news links and may soon result in Google doing the same. The Canadian Taxpayers Federation’s Kris Sims joins the show for her weekly check-in to discuss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As inflation continues to drive up the cost of groceries, Canadians are having to compromise on quality and nutrition to feed their families, a new survey shows. The research from Dalhousie University finds that nearly two-thirds of Canadians are concerned about the unhealthy consequences of their purchasing habits; almost half of respondents are now buying groceries from the dollar store, relying more on non-fresh products. True North’s Andrew Lawton weighs in. Also, a private member’s bill from Conservative MP Ed Fast seeks to push the government to rollback it’s expansion of assisted suicide to people suffering only from mental illnesses. Andrew discusses with Euthanasia Prevention Coalition executive director Alex Schadenberg. Plus, cancelled professor Eric Kaufmann is launching a new anti-woke university course at the University of Buckingham. He joins the show to talk about it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Alberta government has launched an aggressive, $8 million ad campaign seeking to “educate Canadians and Albertans” about the dangers of the federal government’s net-zero emissions reduction schemes. Premier Danielle Smith is also preparing to invoke the Sovereignty Act to push back against the feds plans. Alberta Environment Minister Rebecca Schulz joins True North’s Andrew Lawton to discuss. Also, the media is trying to blame the PC loss in Manitoba on Premier Heather Stefanson’s stand for parental rights. Plus, the Inuit elder photographed with Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre on the weekend, Manitok Thompson, is on the show to share her story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The CRTC has issued its requirement for streaming and podcast platforms earning more than $10 million a year to register with the government. Defenders of Bill C-11 say this means most independent content creators are unaffected: however, if the platforms are regulated by the CRTC, so is all the content on them, True North’s Andrew Lawton points out. In this episode, he debunks the government’s narrative on this internet takeover with former CRTC vice-chair Peter Menzies. Plus, a Liberal minister’s attempt at a gotcha on Pierre Poilievre backfires and Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe prepares to use the notwithstanding clause to defend parental rights. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thanks to the Liberal government’s Bill C-11, the CRTC is expanding its regulatory reach to online content – including podcasts. On Friday, the CRTC launched the first stage of this by requiring streaming services – including websites that host podcasts and other media content – to register and “provide information about their activities in Canada.” True North’s Andrew Lawton says this is the beginning of the end of the open internet in Canada. The Canadian Taxpayers Federation’s Kris Sims joins to discuss. Also, in every country that has legalized doctor-assisted suicide, the numbers of casualties of it balloons as safeguards are lifted. Canada is proving to be an extreme example of this according to a new feature in the National Review by journalist Alexander Raikin. He joins Andrew to talk about how death care has replaced health care. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith told a reporter who asked whether she was getting boosted that she’s “healthy” and believes vaccine conversations should take place with her doctor and not the media. Her response is a bold departure from how most politicians have discussed vaccination in the last three years, promoting it as a one-size-fits-all solution to Covid, True North’s Andrew Lawton says. Also, the government is not committing to releasing a 37-year old report on Nazis in Canada, which was produced in secret by the Deschenes Commission in 1986. It’s high time Canadians see the names, Jewish groups are saying. B’nai Brith research and advocacy manager Rich Robertson joins to discuss. Plus, Chrystia Freeland once contributed to an encyclopedia that downplayed the 14th Waffen SS’s Nazi ties. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Speaker of the House Anthony Rota resigned yesterday in the wake of his recognition of a Ukrainian Nazi veteran in the House of Commons last week. The Liberal government has said Rota alone is to blame – not Justin Trudeau or anyone else in cabinet. True North’s Andrew Lawton says it’s not so simple. National Citizens Coalition president Peter Coleman joins to discuss. Also, the Canadian Constitution Foundation is challenging a Calgary bylaw restricting protests of drag story game under the guise of banning “hateful” messaging. Meanwhile, Waterloo, Ontario councillors are weighing whether to ban communication that makes people “feel harassed.” Joanna Baron of the Canadian Constitution Foundation weighs in. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

All parties in the House of Commons have now called for House of Commons Speaker Anthony Rota to resign, with some sources saying he is likely to step down this afternoon. The Conservatives have said it’s Justin Trudeau and the Liberals who have to own this, however, not only Rota. Do you agree? True North’s Andrew Lawton discusses with Macdonald-Laurier Institute domestic policy director Aaron Wudrick. Also, in the 28 months since the Liberals enacted an order-in-council banning 1500 types of firearms, Canadian gun businesses have been saddled with huge amounts of inventory that they can’t sell or return, with the government’s promised “buyback” program nowhere to be seen. Wes Winkel from the Canadian Sporting Arms and Ammunition Association joins The Andrew Lawton Show to discuss the effect of Trudeau’s gun grab on these Canadian small businesses. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

House of Commons speaker Anthony Rota is facing calls to resign after inviting a 98-year old Ukrainian veteran of the 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS to the House of Commons on the day of Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky’s speech. Justin Trudeau’s office has blamed Rota, who has apologized, though many are saying this isn’t enough. True North’s Andrew Lawton weighs in. Plus, CBC is sitting on $400 million worth of real estate and the Liberal government spent $275,000 on its cabinet inflation summit. The Canadian Taxpayers Federation’s Kris Sims joins the show to discuss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices