The Andrew Lawton Show

The federal government has finalized yet another extension of its amnesty period for firearms banned by order-in-council in May 2020, meaning owners of newly prohibited guns may have a reprieve if Justin Trudeau’s Liberals are ousted in the next election. True North’s Andrew Lawton discusses why this is good news and focuses in on what Alberta has done to push back against Ottawa gun control. Also...

Bernie Farber, the founder of the Canadian Anti-Hate Network, admitted in an X post that the CAHN lacks the “resources” to look into anything other than the “extreme right.” This was his explanation for CAHN’s relative silence in the wake of Hamas’ attacks on Israel and rampant antisemitism across Canada at pro-Palestine rallies. True North’s Andrew Lawton says Farber accidentally said the quiet p...

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's United Conservative Party government has taken an unequivocally Alberta-first stance in its policies and messaging. From passing the Sovereignty Act to running ads in Ottawa taking aim at federal policy, Smith has been unafraid of positioning Alberta as Confederation's provincial watchdog. In this special edition of The Andrew Lawton Show, we share Andrew's firesid...

The first ever conference for the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC) concluded this afternoon, wrapping up three days of discussions about responsibility, freedom and citizenship in the context of uplifting individuals and families, rather than states and globalism. True North’s Andrew Lawton spoke to dozens of attendees from different backgrounds and found one fairly common goal – a rejec...

While the World Economic Forum and globalist commentators push for open borders, attendees at the Alliance for Responsibility (ARC) Forum in London, United Kingdom, are more concerned with dismally low birth rates in the west and unfettered mass migration. True North’s Andrew Lawton comes to you live from London after wrapping up Day 2 of the inaugural ARC Forum. According to a new poll, more Cana...

True North’s Andrew Lawton is live from London, United Kingdom, where the first Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC) Forum kicked off today. The conference features 1,500 delegates from 72 countries with discussions about citizenship, responsibility and individualism, rather than globalism and collectivism. Andrew says this makes it an important counterbalance to the World Economic Forum and...

Many of the progressives who wish to censor speech they disagree with as “hate speech” and mandate pronoun usage are defending their right to free speech when challenged on endorsing or condoning Hamas violence against Israel. If you hope that pointing out this double standard will change anything, you’re mistaken, True North’s Andrew Lawton says: the anti-free speech left doesn’t care. True North...

Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre spoke in support of a private member’s bill banning federal vaccine mandates. Liberal MPs including Mark Gerretsen and Seamus O’Regan said it was a “waste of time” and accused Poilievre of not being focused on real issues. True North’s Andrew Lawton says the Liberals just don’t want to be forced to defend their atrocious Covid record. Also, True North journalis...

A massive poll conducted by the federal government found that a majority of Canadians think Justin Trudeau is on the wrong track on nearly all issues. In spite of these numbers, the Liberals have doubled down on their record and ramped up their attacks on the Conservatives. Do you think there’s anything they could do to turn the ship around? True North’s Andrew Lawton weighs in. Also, several Libe...

Dozens of students at the Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson) law school have signed – and deleted – an open letter condemning Israel as a “settler colony.” The signatories say they “support all forms of Palestinian resistance and efforts toward liberation” and explicitly Palestinians should be judged by different rules than Israelis because the former are the “oppressor.” True Nort...

A new poll shows that not only most Canadians favour Pierre Poilievre to Justin Trudeau, but even those who voted for Trudeau in 2021 are split on whether he should step down ahead of the next election. While the polls have consistently bad for the Liberals, Trudeau has been unequivocal that he plans to contest the next election – and his caucus has been in lockstep behind him. Do you think he sho...

The media and politicians were quick to take Hamas at its word and lay blame against Israel for a Palestinian rocket that crashed into a hospital parking lot in Gaza. Media outlets have quietly rewritten their stories and headlines in the past day, but even this morning Minister François-Philippe Champagne referred to the hospital bombing as an “attack.” True North’s Andrew Lawton weighs in. Plus,...

The Liberals have seized on a wave of antisemitic protests to reiterate their pledge to introduce a law regulating “online harms.” The bill, which the Liberals originally promised to table in 2021, would ban restrict online “hate speech” at a lower threshold than what exists in law right now – and penalize social media platforms that allow it. True North’s Andrew Lawton says the answer to hate is...

NDP leader Jagmeet Singh survived a leadership review on the weekend, though fewer NDP members voted for him than did in his last two reviews. More notably, NDP members adopted a resolution calling on the NDP to withdraw its support of the Liberal government unless the Liberals make good on their promise of a national pharmacare plan. True North’s Andrew Lawton weighs in. Also, the federal governm...

The Federal Court of Appeal held a hearing yesterday to decide whether it was reasonable to dismiss Brian Peckford’s and Maxime Bernier’s legal challenge of the Covid vaccine mandate for air travel as “moot.” The Federal Court ruled earlier that since the government lifted the mandate, there was no point in adjudicating whether it was unconstitutional (despite the government asserting it had a rig...

Canada’s state broadcaster, CBC, is refusing to refer to Hamas as terrorists in its coverage of the terrorist group’s attacks on Israel over the last four days. A memo sent to its journalists also forbids them from mentioning Israel’s withdrawal from Gaza in 2005. True North’s Andrew Lawton says this shouldn’t come as a surprise given the way the media covers Israel in general, including the lates...

While thousands came out yesterday to stand with Israel, a shocking number of protesters at rallies across Canada took to the streets to defend and justify Hamas’ brutal terrorist attacks against Israelis. Some said the attacks were “decolonialism in action.” Others said it was “resistance.” These statements came as the death toll surpasses 1,000 and Hamas threatens to execute hostages. True North...

As inflation continues to drive up the cost of groceries, Canadians are having to compromise on quality and nutrition to feed their families, a new survey shows. The research from Dalhousie University finds that nearly two-thirds of Canadians are concerned about the unhealthy consequences of their purchasing habits; almost half of respondents are now buying groceries from the dollar store, relying...

The Alberta government has launched an aggressive, $8 million ad campaign seeking to “educate Canadians and Albertans” about the dangers of the federal government’s net-zero emissions reduction schemes. Premier Danielle Smith is also preparing to invoke the Sovereignty Act to push back against the feds plans. Alberta Environment Minister Rebecca Schulz joins True North’s Andrew Lawton to discuss....

The CRTC has issued its requirement for streaming and podcast platforms earning more than $10 million a year to register with the government. Defenders of Bill C-11 say this means most independent content creators are unaffected: however, if the platforms are regulated by the CRTC, so is all the content on them, True North’s Andrew Lawton points out. In this episode, he debunks the government’s na...

Thanks to the Liberal government’s Bill C-11, the CRTC is expanding its regulatory reach to online content – including podcasts. On Friday, the CRTC launched the first stage of this by requiring streaming services – including websites that host podcasts and other media content – to register and “provide information about their activities in Canada.” True North’s Andrew Lawton says this is the begi...

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith told a reporter who asked whether she was getting boosted that she’s “healthy” and believes vaccine conversations should take place with her doctor and not the media. Her response is a bold departure from how most politicians have discussed vaccination in the last three years, promoting it as a one-size-fits-all solution to Covid, True North’s Andrew Lawton says. Als...

Speaker of the House Anthony Rota resigned yesterday in the wake of his recognition of a Ukrainian Nazi veteran in the House of Commons last week. The Liberal government has said Rota alone is to blame – not Justin Trudeau or anyone else in cabinet. True North’s Andrew Lawton says it’s not so simple. National Citizens Coalition president Peter Coleman joins to discuss. Also, the Canadian Constitut...

All parties in the House of Commons have now called for House of Commons Speaker Anthony Rota to resign, with some sources saying he is likely to step down this afternoon. The Conservatives have said it’s Justin Trudeau and the Liberals who have to own this, however, not only Rota. Do you agree? True North’s Andrew Lawton discusses with Macdonald-Laurier Institute domestic policy director Aaron Wu...

House of Commons speaker Anthony Rota is facing calls to resign after inviting a 98-year old Ukrainian veteran of the 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS to the House of Commons on the day of Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky’s speech. Justin Trudeau’s office has blamed Rota, who has apologized, though many are saying this isn’t enough. True North’s Andrew Lawton weighs in. Plus, CBC is...