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It’s an established fact that foreign actors have interfered in Canada’s democracy and are likely to continue to do so. And yet the federal Liberal government hasn’t been interested in figuring out, let alone disclosing, which parliamentarians have made this easier. In this edition of The Andrew Lawton Show, Andrew catches up with Macdonald-Laurier Institute managing director Brian Lee Crowley for a discussion about foreign interference and the state of Canadian democracy.

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The parents of a young woman who battled terminal cancer before ending her life through assisted suicide are suing the Catholic-run St. Paul’s Hospital for transferring her to a hospice that offered MAID instead of providing it where she was. They say the hospital and the province of British Columbia violated her Charter rights. True North’s Andrew Lawton says if so-called MAID is going to continue to expand, conscience rights for facilities and practitioners that want nothing to do with it need to be protected.
Also, the City of Toronto is forging ahead with its renaming of Yonge-Dundas Square to “Sankofa Square.” But the whole exercise is based on a lie about Henry Dundas. Andrew discusses with historian and former member of Parliament Lynn McDonald.
Plus, new research from the Fraser Institute shows that parents want teachers to focus on teaching facts and not giving their own opinion or “interpretation” in the classroom. Do you agree? Education policy analyst Paige MacPherson joins the show to unpack the numbers.
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The latest poll shows the Conservatives with a twenty per cent lead over the Liberals, but Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says not to worry, it’s just because Canadians aren’t in “decision mode” right now. He says the way people vote is different from how they answer pollsters’ questions. Do you agree, or is Trudeau in the most severe case of denial Canada has ever seen?
Plus, anti-Israel activists at McGill University are under fire for running a “revolutionary” youth summer camp, promoted with images of young people wearing keffiyahs and holding a rifle. National Post columnist Barbara Kay has wondered where all of the university Jewish studies programs have been with antisemitism on campus so rampant. She joins the show to discuss.
Plus, a new study finds there is no link between a company’s ESG (environmental, social governance) score and its financial returns, so why are shareholders being told there is? Andrew digs in with Fraser Institute senior fellow Steven Globerman.
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Justin Trudeau has refused to say whether any Liberal members of Parliament are implicated as collaborators with foreign governments in the unredacted NSICOP report. True North’s Andrew Lawton discusses with law professor Ryan Alford, who has a lawsuit against the government seeking immunity for parliamentarians who divulge classified information within parliamentary proceedings.
Also, Canadian Taxpayers Federation Alberta director Kris Sims return to talk about why the government seems to wish its carbon tax calculations were a state secret.
Plus, most of Canada’s poor are white, so are DEI programs missing the mark? David Hunt from the Aristotle Foundation joins to discuss his findings.
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The British Columbia Conservatives – a party that elected no MLAS to the B.C. legislature last election – are surging in the polls, with the current official opposition, B.C United (formerly the B.C. Liberals) haemorrhaging support and even several caucus members to the Conservatives. Why is this change happening? In this edition of The Andrew Lawton Show, B.C. Conservative leader John Rustad joins for the entire episode to discuss his vision for British Columbia – including healthcare choice, parental right, energy development, and more – and why he thinks that message is resonating with voters in a way it hasn’t for his party in decades. 

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An NDP member of Parliament has accused Poilievre of “courting incels” and implied that he will turn Canada into Gilead, the fundamentalist dystopia from Margaret Atwood’s “The Handmaid’s Tale,” if elected. While amusingly unhinged, True North’s Andrew Lawton points out that these sorts of attacks will only get worse if the Conservatives retain their lead in the polls.
Also, as the federal government continues to eye an expansion of its assisted suicide regime to include those struggling only with mental illness, a new documentary produced by Rebel News exposes the dark underbelly of this “compassionate” program. Filmmaker Sheila Gunn Reid joins the show to discuss.
Plus, Canadians have still never been given much in the way of answers about exactly what happened with the two scientists affiliated with the Chinese military who were working at Canada’s National Microbiology Lab in Winnipeg and are still, police claim, under investigation. Author Peter Shawn Taylor of C2C Journal has explored this in a two-part series, “The Vials and the Damage Done: Canada’s National Microbiology Laboratory Scandal.” He returns to the show to dig in.
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