The Andrew Lawton Show

As the United Kingdom moves to lift nearly all Covid restrictions, most Canadians are still living with vaccine passports, mask mandates, and a range of other public health measures. The worst part is that some Canadians are all too happy living with indefinite restrictions, True North's Andrew Lawton says. Also, a Quebec television cheers on children who want the unvaccinated jailed, and a new po...

The bulk of Canadian mainstream media outlets have moved to subsidy models through which government funding has become essential to their survival. Canada is home to a number of scrappy independent start-ups, who are not only challenging mainstream narratives, but also innovating new media business models. In this edition of The Andrew Lawton Show, Andrew shines a light on the independent media la...

Quebec Premier François Legault is trying to boost vaccine uptake by charging anyone who doesn't have three doses of Covid vaccine a "health contribution." True North's Andrew Lawton says the policy is a backdoor vaccine mandate which targets people with lower incomes and makes bodily autonomy – which is supposed to be a fundamental freedom – a privilege you must purchase. Also, former Conservativ...

Federal health minister Jean-Yves Duclos said population-based vaccine mandates are inevitable, but that it's the provinces who will have to impose them. Days later, Quebec announced a "healthcare charge" for anyone who doesn't have three vaccine doses – a policy True North's Andrew Lawton predicts will only be the beginning. While Alberta's and Saskatchewan's premiers have rejected the idea of a...

The shuttering of schools once again has pushed numerous Canadians – even those who've dutifully gone along with vaccine mandates and lockdowns up to this point – to a breaking point. The latest round of restrictions is seemingly being received differently, but that doesn't mean it's any less dangerous to the country's economy and its citizens well-being. True North's Andrew Lawton says lawmakers...

Just four days into the new year and Canadians are seeing how it's just as locked down – and more – as the last two. Ontario has shut down restaurants, gyms and cinemas for "at least 21 days," while Quebec has put its province in lockdown complete with a curfew subjecting anyone out at night to a stiff fine. In this episode of The Andrew Lawton Show, True North's Andrew Lawton says the pandemic is...

An Alberta government report into environmental activist groups found that foreign donors have poured $1.3 billion into Canada to fight oil and gas development. The Canadian Energy News Network strives to tout the sector's positive and counter the negatives from those well-funded activists. Cody Ciona from the Canadian Energy News Network joined The Andrew Lawton Show to discuss some of the bigger...

The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms has been at the forefront of several of the legal fights over lockdown restrictions and vaccine mandates over the last couple of years. The pandemic has not only revealed the importance of civil liberties litigation, but has also created a workload the JCCF has had to keep hiring lawyers to keep up with. In this wide-ranging Andrew Lawton Show intervi...

As Andrew Breitbart famously said, politics is downstream of culture. Yet at times it feels like conservatives are losing the big cultural and political battles. In this edition of The Andrew Lawton Show, Andrew talks to pro-life activist Jonathon Van Maren about social conservatism, pro-life politics, and Erin O’Toole’s leadership as well as the state of the Conservative Party of Canada. Support...

It's been an expensive year for taxpayers with an increase in the carbon tax, an unnecessary federal election, and a hike in alcohol taxes among other expenditures. Franco Terrazzano of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation put together a wishlist for taxpayers with a dozen items ranging from ending the gas tax-on-tax to ending automatic pay increases for members of parliament. He joined The Andrew La...

In the last two years, pastors have been jailed, church doors have been locked, and Canadians of faith have been denied the right to worship because of pandemic restrictions. In this special edition of True North's The Andrew Lawton Show, we explore this ongoing assault on religious freedom through a discussion with Libertas Law lawyer and founder Lisa Bildy, Pastor Henry Hildebrandt of the Church...

After reports that the federal government was considering re-introducing mandatory quarantine and other travel restrictions, Trudeau's cabinet ultimately settled on telling Canadians they shouldn't travel if it's non-essential. True North's Andrew Lawton says Canadians should do what they want and not let the merchants of doom continue to create a new normal. Also, a Conservative MP takes a stand...

Huron University College ethics professor Julie Ponesse went viral in September for a video explaining how her refusal to comply with a vaccination mandate was threatening her job. Now fired, Prof. Ponesse is speaking out about her story and vaccine mandates more broadly in a new book, "My Choice: The Ethical Case Against COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates." Prof. Ponesse joined The Andrew Lawton Show to d...

Survival used to be an admirable trait, but in recent years victimhood seems to have eclipsed it in virtue. In "The Victim Cult: How the Culture of Blame Hurts Everyone and Wrecks Civilization," author Mark Milke writes about the dangers of grievance culture throughout history and the contemporary era. In this wide-ranging interview on The Andrew Lawton Show, Mark and Andrew talk about identity po...

Just as it looked like things were starting to (albeit slowly) get back to normal, governments are using their omicron fears to justify more restrictions, more lockdowns, and more vaccine mandates. The Czech Republic has implemented mandatory vaccination for everyone over the age of 60. Germany is also contemplating a sweeping vaccine mandate. In Canada, travel restrictions that only just started...

In the last two federal elections, the Conservatives have advocated pursuing a CANZUK alliance with Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom which would open up trade, movement and enhanced security cooperation between the four like-minded nations. In this edition of The Andrew Lawton Show, Andrew discusses the proposed partnership in-depth with CANZUK International executive director James S...

A poll finds that a majority of Canadians do not want unvaccinated friends and family members in their homes. True North's Andrew Lawton says even if the government's vaccine segregation measures end, the social stigmatization will remain. Also, CBC is trying to police your language, plus D. Jared Brown joins to discuss how Canadian lawyers are taking a stand for civil liberties with the Free Nort...

Greece is forcing all of its residents aged 60 and older to get vaccinated against COVID or pay a 100 euro per month "health tax." Austria is on track to fine any unvaccinated people 7,200 euros and throw them in jail if they don't pay. True North's Andrew Lawton said when Austria first introduced its mandate that it would quickly be adopted elsewhere – and now Greece is joining the club. Also, Th...

From a lack of clean drinking water in some Indigenous communities or lingering anger about residential schools, Canada's relationship with its Indigenous citizens needs to be fixed. Symbols like lowering the Canadian flag or declaring a national holiday may score political points, but they don't address any of Indigenous Canadians' core concerns. One proposed solution is to remove Ottawa from the...

Australia's Northern Territory has imposed a sweeping vaccine mandate for customer-facing workers, and its chief minister, Michael Gunner, says anyone who opposes it is an anti-vaxxer, even if they're fully vaccinated. True North's Andrew Lawton points out the ridiculousness of the claim that someone could be triple-Pfizered with a side of Johnson and Johnson and still be "anti-vax" if they suppor...

Austria has become the first western country to mandate vaccination against COVID, threatening unvaccinated citizens with fines and even jail time while implementing a sweeping nation-wide lockdown. True North's Andrew Lawton, who just returned from a pre-lockdown holiday in Austria, says once government has decided citizens don't have rights, what they do is just a matter of degrees, arguing ther...

After kicking Senator Denise Batters out of the Conservative caucus for calling for a referendum on his leadership, Erin O'Toole has said he'll do the same to any MP "who's not putting the team and the country first." True North's Andrew Lawton says O'Toole needs member support as well as caucus support to stay on as leader, which means he should be welcoming a review. Also, a municipality tries t...

Canada's inflation rate has risen to a 20-year high, affecting the price of everything from to groceries are families and small businesses are already grappling with the pandemic's financial toll. Despite this, Justin Trudeau infamously said he doesn't think about monetary policy, and the government's response has been virtually non-existent. In this edition of The Andrew Lawton Show, we do a deep...

Conservative senator Denise Batters says her petition for a referendum on Erin O'Toole's leadership is about giving members – rather than simply caucus members – a say in the party's future. She joins True North's Andrew Lawton to explain why. Plus, Andrew says Erin O'Toole needs to defend his decisions in September's elections to members and conservative Canadians if he wants to remain the leader...

For years, Canada's healthcare system has been plagued by long wait times, high costs, and uneven access, with few bold solutions on offer because of politicians' and governments' ideological commitment to the status quo, even in the face of facts. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated some of these issues, in particular surgical backlogs and cancellations. In this special edition of The Andrew La...