The Andrew Lawton Show

Canada's chief public health officer, Dr. Theresa Tam, is dangling a carrot in front of Canadians, telling them they might be able to get some restrictions lifted if 75% are vaccinated by the summer, but mask mandates and other restrictions should remain. True North's Andrew Lawton says it's clear the government is making things up as they go. Also, police say parents who don't abide by Ontario's...

With the arrival of the so-called “double mutant” COVID-19 variant in Canada from India, the Conservatives are calling on Justin Trudeau to suspend flights from global hot spots. By the time politicians get around to talking about travel restrictions, it’s already too late, True North’s Andrew Lawton says. Also, the media is already saying Erin O’Toole’s climate change plan doesn’t go far enough,...

Every single Ontario municipal police force told the provincial government they would not be conducting random stops of citizens to enforce the province’s stay-at-home order, forcing the province to walk back its directive to police. Yet even so, the government didn’t apologize for throwing civil liberties out the window, True North’s Andrew Lawton says. Also, more proof the mainstream media holds...

Conservative leader Erin O’Toole has unveiled his climate change plan – a rewards program of sorts that taxes Canadians buying hydrocarbon-based fuel and puts the money into a personally-held “savings accounts” for making “green” purchases. True North’s Andrew Lawton breaks it down with Aaron Wudrick of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, which says O’Toole has reneged on a key leadership campaign...

Public Safety Minister Bill Blair says that while not all gun rights advocates are extremists, all extremists are gun rights advocates, yet again vilifying Canada’s lawful gun owners by association. True North’s Andrew Lawton talks about this, plus lays out a prediction vaccine passports are inevitable, even if they fly in the face of personal liberty. Also, Rebel News’ Ezra Levant joins to explai...

The Andrew Lawton Show is taking an in-depth look at western alienation and the growing push for independence in Alberta. Andrew sits down with Alberta activist Danny Hozak, People’s Party of Canada leader Maxime Bernier and Wildrose Independence Party interim leader Paul Hinman to talk about Alberta’s upcoming referendum, the state of the province, and what independence might look like. Learn mor...

The Supreme Court of Canada has upheld Justin Trudeau's carbon tax, though the Liberals have tried to spin this as vindication for the unpopular policy itself. Canadian Taxpayers Federation federal director Aaron Wudrick joins True North's Andrew Lawton to talk about the ruling and the next steps. Also, a gun control group wants Trudeau's gun bill scrapped because it doesn't go far enough, plus Co...

Conservative leader Erin O’Toole says the Conservative Party of Canada is not a party of climate change deniers, telling members the debate is over. True North’s Andrew Lawton points out that party leaders don’t get to direct the base, as Conservative convention delegates showed O’Toole. Also, the Canadian border is closed but immigration into Canada is still climbing. Plus energy advocate Deidra...

Justin Trudeau’s gun restrictions have had massive implications for Canadian gun owners and firearms businesses, but to the gun control lobby, they are a “dismal” effort that doesn’t go far enough. True North’s Andrew Lawton warns that the Liberals are going to side with gun alarmists over gun owners every time. Also, the upcoming trials of Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor prove Canada’s policy o...

The Alberta government has introduced a voter recall bill that would allow Albertans to fire their municipal and provincial representatives between elections, a move trumpeted by Premier Jason Kenney as a win for grassroots democracy. True North's Andrew Lawton talks about this and breaks down WE Charity's and the Kielburger brothers' attempt to throw Justin Trudeau under the bus after Trudeau did...

It was the best of pandemics, it was the worst of pandemics. An Ontario public health official says because of the COVID-19 variants we’re actually in the midst of two separate pandemics right now, and, of course, that we need another lockdown – one stricter than the previous two – to get through it. True North’s Andrew Lawton exposes the latest shifts of the public health goalposts. Also, conserv...

Justin Trudeau once called the idea of a vaccine passport “divisive” but now the federal government says it’s a “live” issue between Canada and its G-7 allies. True North’s Andrew Lawton talks about this and how opposing lockdown has been characterized as a fringe position. Also, Conservative MP Garnett Genuis joins the show to explain how the Liberal government is prioritizing suicide promotion o...

Ontario's Peel Region has issued a notice saying children, even those without symptoms, must be confined to their bedrooms – even for meals – for two weeks if someone in their classroom or childcare group contracts COVID-19. True North's Andrew Lawton says this is evil imposed under the guise of public health. Also, CPP Investment Board head Mark Machin is out after travelling to the United Arab E...

Edmonton pastor James Coates remains behind bars until his trial in May because he refused to stop holding church services the way he always had. Lawyer John Carpay of the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms joins True North’s Andrew Lawton to explain why this is not only a blow against religious liberty, but a fundamental rejection of the transparency and evidence the government claims dri...

Justin Trudeau’s policy of appeasing China reached a new low this week as he and his cabinet skipped out on a vote to condemn China’s persecution of Uyghur Muslims as a genocide. If this political cowardice was to make nice with China, it didn’t work, as True North’s Andrew Lawton points out. Also, politicians take aim at a small business for daring to say “China virus,” and an Alberta pastor is b...

Justin Trudeau’s government has tabled its long-promised firearms legislation, which will, in Trudeau’s words, make banned firearms “completely useless” for anything other than surrendering them to the state. True North’s Andrew Lawton explains how the proposed bill does nothing about gun crime, and simply penalizes law-abiding gun owners. Also, despite promises that “diversity is our strength,” a...

The Liberal government’s firearms bill will ban some toy guns and render a number of legally-acquired firearms “useless,” in Justin Trudeau’s words. True North’s Andrew Lawton dives into the legislation, and calls for stronger opposition to it from Erin O’Toole’s Conservatives. Also, why Canadians should pay attention to Facebook’s battle against Australian social media legislation, plus a look at...

The pro-life Canadian publication LifeSite has been kicked off of YouTube with its entire catalogue vaporized. Yesterday, Facebook made a vague announcement about how it will be undertaking steps to reduce the political content that users see. True North’s Andrew Lawton talks about the latest in Big Tech’s purge of conservative voices, and shares highlights from a True North/Civitas Canada panel o...

Just as provinces start easing their lockdown measures, Toronto’s top doctor says we’re transitioning into a “new pandemic” because of the COVID-19 variants the federal government is using to justify its draconian travel restrictions. Also, after 26 years of hearings and litigation, the Canadian government still hasn’t been able to deport a former member of a Nazi killing squad: True North’s Andre...

WE Charity said last September it would be shutting down its Canadian operations, though its founders, the Kielburger brothers, seem to be readying for a comeback with a CBC interview replete with faux contrition. Despite the significance of Justin Trudeau’s WE scandal, the mainstream media just isn’t talking about it – just as it isn’t talking about the Liberals’ forthcoming internet speech regul...

Justin Trudeau’s government keeps moving the pandemic goalposts on Canadians, most recently saying that even people who are vaccinated will not be exempt from the continually-expanding travel restrictions. True North’s Andrew Lawton says it’s never been more important to push back against the ‘new normal.’ Also, Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault admits his plan to regulate online content will be...

Justin Trudeau accuses anyone who talks about the Great Reset of spreading conspiracy theories, but this week Chrystia Freeland and Patty Hajdu are speaking at the Davos Agenda, a World Economic Forum summit to officially launch the Great Reset Initiative. True North’s Andrew Lawton explains what the so-called reset is all about, plus how the mainstream media weaponized a young man’s tragic death...

Conservative members of parliament have voted to eject Derek Sloan from the caucus after party leader Erin O’Toole initiated the process. Derek Sloan joined the Andrew Lawton Show to respond to the move. Also, President Joe Biden has scrapped the Keystone XL pipeline project, and Justin Trudeau just shrugged, because “climate change.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Former Conservative leadership candidate Derek Sloan is being ousted from his party’s caucus after his campaign unknowingly received a small donation from a white supremacist, and Ontario MPP Roman Baber was kicked out of the PC caucus for criticizing Ontario’s lockdown. True North’s Andrew Lawton takes a look at these political defenestrations, plus a new bureaucracy Justin Trudeau may create to...

The latest wave of censorship from Big Tech reveals the flaw in what’s always been the libertarian answer to the problem – building your own alternative gets more difficult when the internet is consolidated in the hands of a small cabal of internet companies like Facebook, Twitter, Amazon, Apple and Google. True North’s Andrew Lawton explains why this censorship is leading to parallel societies of...