The Andrew Lawton Show

The Liberals have suspended their vaccine mandate for air and rail travel, but a constitutional challenge against the mandate by PPC leader Maxime Bernier and former Newfoundland premier Brian Peckford continues to prevent a similar mandate in the future. The lead counsel for the action, Keith Wilson, joins the Andrew Lawton Show to discuss. Also, Alberta United Conservative Party leadership candi...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau claimed in an American radio interview that Canadians don't have a right to use firearms for self-defence, blaming American rhetoric for making Canadians think they have rights he claims they don't. While firearms ownership in Canada is not a legal right, self-defence is. Moreover, Canadians can use firearms to defend themselves. Criminal lawyer Sam Goldstein joins th...

Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino has repeatedly said police requested the government’s invocation of the Emergencies Act, even though every police agency involved in the convoy has denied it. Now, his deputy minister, a supposedly nonpartisan bureaucrat, is trying to justify the misinformation by saying we all misunderstood Mendicino – the same cabinet minister who claimed there was a violen...

Canadian airports are subjecting travellers to hours-long delays and none of the myriad agencies involved want to take responsibility. True North’s Andrew Lawton says no matter which way you slice it, the government is responsible and needs to solve the problem, but they don't seem interested in doing so. Former Air Canada COO Duncan Dee joins to share his thoughts. Support the show: https://tnc.n...

To the surprise of no one, Doug Ford's Progressive Conservatives won another majority government in yesterday's Ontario election. Ford's victory, which triggered the resignations of both the Liberal and NDP leaders, came after a largely uneventful campaign, but one that followed two years of controversial vaccine passports and lockdowns in Ontario. Despite the upstart Ontario Party and New Blue Pa...

One day after Justin Trudeau announced what he calls a "freeze" on handgun purchases in Canada, he told reporters his government's anti-gun bill has no effect on law-abiding gun owners. Canadian Coalition for Firearm Rights spokeswoman Tracey Wilson joins True North's Andrew Lawton live to discuss Bill C-21. Also, Ontario Party leader Derek Sloan is back to talk about his party's platform ahead of...

Freedom Convoy spokesperson Benjamin Dichter has published an email he received from Scotiabank's chief executive officer apologizing for the "frustration and inconvenience" of the account freezes authorized by Justin Trudeau's Emergencies Act orders. Questions about whose accounts were frozen and who ordered the freezes still remain unanswered. Dichter joins The Andrew Lawton Show live to respond...

True North’s Andrew Lawton is back in Canada after covering the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland. At the meeting, panelists spoke about “recalibrating” free speech, developing carbon footprint trackers, and “painful” transitions away from oil and gas, among other things. Outside of the sessions, private jets and limousines, fake storefronts and other oddities took over the...

Ontarians go to the polls on June 2 as Premier Doug Ford seeks re-election and fends off challengers from his right. On today's show, True North's Andrew Lawton is joined by New Blue leader Jim Karahalios to discuss his party's vision for the election and beyond, and address criticisms from Ontario Party leader Derek Sloan on yesterday's show. Also, Institute for 21st Century Questions president I...

After receiving only a narrow majority in the United Conservative Party leadership review vote, Alberta premier and UCP leader Jason Kenney has announced he will be stepping down. Former Wildrose leaders Brian Jean and Danielle Smith have both said they intend to seek the UCP leadership. Do you think Kenney deserved to go, or was this an overcorrection to Covid frustrations? Also, Ontarians are go...

Despite claims from the Trudeau government that law enforcement desperately needed the government to invoke the Emergencies Act to quash the peaceful Freedom Convoy, the RCMP and Ottawa Police Service have indicated otherwise. Both Interim Ottawa Police Chief Steve Bell and RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki confirmed that they never requested the feds to invoke the never-before-used act. True North’s...

Conservative Leadership candidate Patrick Brown has accused his rival Pierre Poilievre of supporting conspiracy theorist Pat King and King’s support for “white replacement theory.” In an email sent out to Conservatives by the Brown campaign, party member Dionne Duncan accused Poilievre of being “silent on this hate” and called on the Carleton MP to condemn “King for his support for white replaceme...

The tensest moments at the first Conservative leadership debate of the campaign came when candidates were debating which among them was the first and loudest supporter of the truckers' convoy to Ottawa earlier this year. Jean Charest called it an "illegal blockade," Scott Aitchison said it was a product of Justin Trudeau's failings, Roman Baber said we need to talk about mandates and not just the...

This edition of The Andrew Lawton Show is coming to you from the Canada Strong and Free Conference in Ottawa! A federal court has granted Alberta intervenor status to support the Canadian Civil Liberties Association and the Canadian Constitution Fund in their legal challenge of the Trudeau government’s use of the Emergencies Act to quash the peaceful Freedom Convoy. Alberta Premier Jason Kenney jo...

A leaked draft of a United States Supreme Court decision suggests America's top court is set to overturn Roe v Wade, which affirmed abortion as a "fundamental" right. While the legal situation and political climate surrounding abortion in the United States are vastly different than in Canada, Justin Trudeau and Patty Hajdu have waded into it condemning the decision. Does this matter to Canadians?...

As the Conservative Party of Canada leadership race goes on, candidates are putting forth visions not only for what they hope to bring to the party, but also how they want to present the party to Canadians. Macdonald-Laurier Institute managing director Brian Lee Crowley has published a collection of columns and essays articulating a vision for a modern, but solidly conservative, Conservative Party...

Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino invoked the debunked lie that the Freedom Convoy was responsible for an attempted apartment arson in Ottawa, and refused to retract it when called out by a Conservative MP. As the Liberals try to defend their invocation of the Emergencies Act, they still aren't committing to disclosing cabinet documents, prompting the question of what they're hiding. Conserva...

Sixty days after Justin Trudeau invoked the Emergencies Act to clamp down on Freedom Convoy protesters in Ottawa, his government has established a public inquiry. Trudeau won't say whether he'll let the judge overseeing the inquiry have access to cabinet documents though, raising questions about how fulsome the inquiry can be when it comes to the government's conduct and evidence for declaring a n...

Conservative member of parliament Scott Aitchison is seeking the Conservative Party of Canada's leadership on a platform that's heavy on policy and emphasizes the importance of building consensus within the party and the country. Aitchison joined True North's Andrew Lawton to discuss his campaign. In this wide-ranging interview, Lawton and Aitchison discuss carbon taxes, housing affordability, sup...

The United States has indefinitely extended its ban on unvaccinated foreign nationals crossing its land border. Combined with Canada's ban on unvaccinated people boarding airplanes, unvaccinated Canadians are still, effectively, trapped in Canada. True North's Andrew Lawton discusses the latest, plus talks to Canadian veteran James Topp about his march across Canada for freedom. Also, Quebec's pop...

American air travel is mask free as of yesterday, but in Canada there is no end in sight for the air travel mask mandate or the requirement to be fully vaccinated to board a plane. True North's Andrew Lawton says we're far from a return to normal, and anyone who thinks otherwise isn't paying attention. Also, broadcaster and former Wildrose leader Danielle Smith is seeking a United Conservative Par...

United Conservative Party members in Alberta are voting by mail on whether they support Premier Jason Kenney's continued leadership of the party and the province. Premier Kenney joins True North's Andrew Lawton live to discuss his record as premier and UCP leader and make his pitch to voters for why he should remain in office. Also, in an interview with Le Devoir Supreme Court of Canada Chief Just...

Less than two months after invoking the Emergencies Act to end the peaceful trucker convoy protest in Ottawa, Justin Trudeau says he has always supported the right to protest. Meanwhile, Ontario is threatening to reimpose a mask mandate in the winter, and some politicians are trying to re-mask kids in school. True North's Andrew Lawton talks about this and more in another live edition of The Andre...

In the last two years, the federal government have vastly expanded their power in the name of public health, and constitutional challenges have thus far been unsuccessful at stopping it. It still stands to be seen whether courts will condemn Justin Trudeau's invocation of the Emergencies Act, which was used to conscript tow truck drivers, limit free expression, and freeze bank accounts. In an Epoc...

It's been more than a month since the Freedom Convoy packed up and left Ottawa. Even so, the convoy and its organizers are still facing attacks by the media. Last week, CBC and CTV ran stories about a man who said he lost his life savings because of the convoy. The stories featured Martin Joseph Anglehart, who said he spent $13,000 on fuel and e-transfers for truckers in Ottawa. In the days since...