The Andrew Lawton Show

China’s foreign ministry is thrilled that Canadian health minister Politburo Patty Hajdu is still parroting Chinese talking points. Also, the Globe and Mail published two pages of advertorial content straight out of China Daily, a newspaper run by the PR department of the Chinese communist party. China is ramping up its influence measures in Canadian politics, government and media, making it all t...

Thousands of Canadian gun owners and advocates marched on Parliament Hill on Saturday as part of the Integrity March, an event organized by the Canadian Coalition for Firearm Rights. True North’s Andrew Lawton, a licensed gun owner, travelled to Ottawa to cover the march. In this special edition of The Andrew Lawton Show, Andrew recaps the march, debunks the gun control activists’ false claims, an...

The British Columbia Supreme Court has ruled against a private surgical clinic in Vancouver, arguing that even though patients are suffering at the hands of Canada’s public healthcare system, the government still has the right to prevent them from seeking private alternatives. True North’s Andrew Lawton speaks to Canadian Constitution Foundation executive director Joanna Baron about the 800-plus p...

Iranian dissidents organized a massive exhibition in Washington, D.C. last Friday, featuring thousands of photos of some of the 120,000 men, women and children murdered at the hands of the Iranian regime for political reasons, including 30,000 killed in a mass execution of political prisoners in 1988. Among the total death toll are the three brothers of Glenn Torshizi, an Iranian dissident now liv...

Statues keep coming down and businesses keep getting torched. Despite condemnation of vandalism from politicians, the mob is uninterested in discussion or a free exchange of ideas, making it paramount that people never give into it, True North’s Andrew Lawton says. Plus, Toronto’s bureaucratic ban on secondary suites is leaving a senior unable to live with his son, and an Australian man has made s...

An angry mob has taken down a 125-year old statue of Canada’s first prime minister, Sir John A. Macdonald, in Montreal. This thuggish vandalism shows not only a disrespect for Macdonald’s role in Canada’s founding, but also an ignorance of history itself. As lawmakers and Canadians condemn the act, True North’s Andrew Lawton says it’s important for people to understand why Macdonald was not, as th...

Despite Erin O'Toole's unequivocal pro-choice stance, the media is already hammering him for supposedly having a secret pro-life agenda. Also, people on the left continue to be sad that Peter MacKay didn't win the Conservative leadership. True North's Andrew Lawton points out why selling values to the electorate, rather than diluting them, must always be the priority for a political leader. Also,...

Justin Trudeau has prorogued parliament for a little over a month, despite calling prorogation an assault on democracy when the Conservatives took similar action. Trudeau says it’s different when he does it, however. Yes, because it means halting an investigation into the Liberals’ cozy relationship with WE Charity, True North’s Andrew Lawton says. Also, Bill Morneau is out as finance minister and...

Finance Minister Bill Morneau is reportedly growing out of favour with Justin Trudeau and the Prime Minister’s Office amid disagreements over deficit spending, green energy programs and coronavirus recovery. Will Morneau be the next one to get the Jody Wilson-Raybould treatment for daring to disagree with Trudeau? True North’s Andrew Lawton discusses. Also, Peter MacKay throws his team under the b...

On his last day standing in the House of Commons as Official Opposition leader, outgoing leader Andrew Scheer sat down with True North's Andrew Lawton for a wide-ranging interview about his time as leader and hopes for the Conservative Party of Canada's future. In this candid discussion, Scheer discusses the strengths and weaknesses of the 2019 election campaign, the value of social conservatives...

Ottawa police are investigating a man’s profane tirade outside Catherine McKenna’s office as a possible hate crime. While it shouldn’t be illegal, it is most definitely indefensible, True North’s Andrew Lawton says. Also, Justin Trudeau is sneaking another vacation and former Greenpeace president Patrick Moore debunks the alarmist narrative on climate change. Learn more about your ad choices. Visi...

With less than two weeks until Conservative Party of Canada members must submit their leadership ballots, True North’s Andrew Lawton talks about the candidates in the race and shares some highlights from his Independent Press Gallery Fireside Chats. Also, NASA says some space names are racist, and the Canadian Coalition for Firearm Rights’ Rod Giltaca joins the show to tee up next month’s march fo...

Ontario member of provincial parliament Belinda Karahalios was kicked out of Premier Doug Ford’s PC caucus after she voted against a bill that would bypass the Ontario legislature and give the government authority to act through emergency orders for up to two years. While the bill has been harshly criticized by civil liberties advocates, PC MPPs were whipped to support it. Karahalios joins The And...

After looking at the political implications of western alienation and the Alberta independence movement in Part 1, in this continuation of the series True North's Andrew Lawton takes a deeper look into the cultural forces at play in the movement, as well as the question of "What if?". With the 20th anniversary of the infamous Alberta firewall letter looming, Andrew sits down with one of its archit...

The Andrew Lawton Show is shining a spotlight on western alienation and the push for Alberta independence. True North's Andrew Lawton spent last weekend at Freedom Talk in Calgary, a conference exploring the growing frustrations from people in the west, and possible solutions to the Confederation crisis. In this first episode of a two-part series on western alienation, Andrew sits down with MLA Dr...

The Conservatives are trying to get Justin Trudeau to testify before the finance committee to answer questions about his relationship with WE and his decision to award them a massive government contract. Conservative finance critic Pierre Poilievre joins the Andrew Lawton Show to explain why. Also, how cancel culture is squeezing out moderate voices, plus a look at the upcoming Independent Press G...

The Liberals' cozy relationship with WE Charity has turned a bad decision into a scandal worthy of a federal ethics probe. True North's Andrew Lawton talks about the latest developments and exposes the shoddy attempts at spinning the story in Trudeau's and WE's favour. Also, the woke left chooses self-serving hypocrisy over social justice, plus JCCF lawyer Jay Cameron joins to talk about legal gun...

The mainstream media is obsessing over covertly snapped photos of Conservative leader Andrew Scheer not wearing a mask at Pearson airport while ignoring yet another ethics investigation of Justin Trudeau. Also, a victory for parents' rights, self-flagellating wokeness from Harry and Meghan, and politically correct Scrabble. Plus, Rebel News' Ezra Levant joins True North's Andrew Lawton to discuss...

After public health officials and politicians encouraged attendance of large-scale protests, spending Canada Day at the beach has been derided by one official as “human behaviour at its worst.” As the never-ending lockdown continues, so does the pandemic doublespeak from our leaders. True North’s Andrew Lawton talks about the latest, plus the growing trend of destruction in the name of social just...

Toronto is making masks mandatory indoors – just a few months after Canadian public health officials told people that masks are dangerous. True North's Andrew Lawton talks about this latest public health flip flop plus a new proposal in Calgary to tax people who work from home. Also, Laurier University professor David Millard Haskell joins the show to discuss the Laurier president's fact-free decl...

A Canadian newspaper has given readers a trigger warning in case they're offended by the presence of the Canadian flag in the paper's pages. This comes as the media and activist left cancel everyone who doesn't say Canada and every institution in it are systemically racist (as Conrad Black learned when he got banned from a Toronto radio station for denying Canada is a racist country). True North's...

Ben Mulroney has decided to trade in some of his supposed white privilege by cancelling himself out of the anchor chair at CTV’s Etalk. Except he’s still keeping his morning show and red carpet gigs. True North’s Andrew Lawton talks about this self-serving act of self-cancellation, as well as the UBC board chair’s “resignation” after the “racist” act of liking Donald Trump’s tweets. Plus, SNC-Lava...

With another coronavirus outbreak in China, people are pushing to extend restrictions and indefinitely keep the population masked until there’s a COVID-19 vaccination available. True North’s Andrew Lawton says the lockdown proponents continue to move the goalposts on us. Also, what should conservatives look for in a Conservative Party of Canada leader, and is the death of Aunt Jemima corporate tok...

People in media, academia and the entertainment sector are dropping like dominos in what’s been called the racial reckoning of 2020. Except these mass cancellations are not about racism, but rather mob justice that flies in the face of history, common sense and truth. Also, CBC is telling children that Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling is “transphobic” and “dangerous” for saying that only women can...

The Canadian government officials who say we all need to stay home to save lives are okay with the current wave of protests so long as people don’t yell mostly. Also, are we ready to shift to a four-day work week? Plus, Iranian dissident Ali Safavi joins the show to discuss Iran’s coronavirus lies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices