Anthony Furey

Anthony Furey is vice president of editorial and content at True North Centre. Full disclosure: Anthony Furey announced on March 21 that he is joining the Toronto mayoral race.

Anthony Furey: The Need for Maximal Disclosure on Beijing’s Election Interference

Commentary It looks like we finally have one political leader serving in higher office who actually wants to ...

Viewpoints March 19, 2023
Anthony Furey: Three Years After the Pandemic Began, What Have We Learned?

Commentary When it comes to singling out the most ludicrous of pandemic restrictions that Canadians endured, the list ...

Viewpoints March 12, 2023
Anthony Furey: Canadians Are Taking a Second Look at Roxham Road

Commentary The Roxham Road border crossing is suddenly back in the news in a big way. And it’s ...

Viewpoints March 5, 2023
Anthony Furey: Beijing’s Election Interference Must Be Taken Seriously

Commentary There can be a tendency among the public to write off political scandals as nothing more than ...

Viewpoints February 26, 2023
Anthony Furey: The Emergencies Act Report Is No Glowing Endorsement of Its Use

Commentary Commissioner Paul Rouleau says it was with “reluctance” that he decided the federal Liberal government was justified ...

Viewpoints February 19, 2023
Anthony Furey: China’s ‘Unidentified Objects’ Over North America: Let’s Talk About Canada’s Defence Capabilities

Commentary The initial news that a spy balloon from China was hovering over the continental United States caught ...

Viewpoints February 12, 2023
Anthony Furey: The Standards in Canadian Schools Are Slipping at a Rapid Pace

Commentary Last fall, many candidates for trustee in municipal races across Canada—mostly in Ontario and British Columbia—ran on ...

Viewpoints February 4, 2023
Anthony Furey: One Year After the Freedom Convoy, Did Government Learn Anything?

Commentary It’s quite something to think that a year ago today Ontario was still under a hard lockdown. ...

Viewpoints January 29, 2023
Anthony Furey: Canada Adds Bureaucracy to the Commercial Space Race

Commentary We wanted flying cars and colonies on Mars but instead we got 140 characters. That line, and ...

Viewpoints January 22, 2023
Anthony Furey: The Importance of Semiconductors for Global Stability

Commentary It was only six days before the 2016 American presidential election that the Obama administration finally had ...

Viewpoints January 17, 2023
Anthony Furey: Concern Over Canada’s Immigration Targets Becomes Mainstream

Commentary One of the first major pledges of the Liberal government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau upon forming ...

Viewpoints January 8, 2023
Anthony Furey: A Rough Year Ahead for Justin Trudeau

Commentary Back during the lead-up to the 2019 federal election, a number of observers remarked that Justin Trudeau’s ...

Viewpoints January 1, 2023
Anthony Furey: The Madness of Electric Vehicle Mandates

Commentary Five years ago I took the plunge and became a minivan owner and I’ll never forget what ...

Viewpoints December 26, 2022
Anthony Furey: The Year School Board Issues and Parents’ Rights Began a Comeback

Commentary When it comes to surveying the big political trends of the year that was, the focus tends ...

Viewpoints December 18, 2022
Anthony Furey: The Real Problem With Canada’s RCMP-China Contract

Commentary It’s of course good news that the federal Liberal government has put the brakes on a contract ...

Viewpoints December 12, 2022
Anthony Furey: Canada’s Assisted Suicide Rules Are Shocking Everyone

Commentary The terms permissive or progressive don’t do justice to the expansion of assisted suicide in Canada that’s ...

Viewpoints December 4, 2022
Onshoring Is Well Underway—and That’s Great News

Commentary It wasn’t that long ago that it was difficult to find any talking head or academic willing ...

Viewpoints November 28, 2022