The Andrew Lawton Show

Free to Fly Canada has filed a proposed class action lawsuit on behalf of aviation employees harmed by the federal government’s vaccine mandates. According to the lawsuit, Transport Canada’s vaccine mandate harmed unvaccinated employees through termination, suspension, and “coerced early retirement.” Greg Hill of Free to Fly Canada, one of the representative plaintiffs in the lawsuits, joins True...

New figures show Gov. Gen. Mary Simon expensed $38,000 on clothes in a 16-month period, including ceremonial clothing and casual wear – this despite making over $340,000 per year. True North’s Andrew Lawton points out that this office keeps breeding entitlement among its occupants. Also, Chrystia Freeland thinks it’s “fear-mongering” to ask about the debt. Plus, People’s Party of Canada leader Max...

A London, Ontario library is banning free speech talk being hosted by an academic freedom group from renting its theatre, despite having a commitment to “intellectual freedom” and opposition to censorship. This type of no-platforming is becoming more and more common, however. True North’s Andrew Lawton discusses with Society for Academic Freedom and Scholarship president Mark Mercer. Also, weeks a...

Thousands of pro-life activists gathered on Parliament Hill for the annual March for Life yesterday, prompting a wave of virtue signalling statements and videos from Liberal MPs talking about how important abortion rights and bodily autonomy are. These are the same Liberals who endorsed a vaccine mandate for the public service, True North’s Andrew Lawton says. Also, Catherine Swift from the Coalit...

The longtime king of cable news ratings, Tucker Carlson, has announced he'll be relaunching his show on Twitter just a couple of weeks after being abruptly fired by Fox News.  Elon Musk has positioned Twitter as being a platform for content creators and free speech. Despite claims by journalists and media outlets that they'd be boycotting the platform, most have remained. Even CBC, which stopped t...

Among the nearly two dozen policy resolutions passed by Liberal members at their party’s convention on the weekend was one calling on the government to restrict “disinformation” and ban online content whose source can’t be “traced.” True North’s Andrew Lawton says free speech is on its way out, especially with Ofcom, the CRTC of Britain, coming down today on broadcaster Mark Steyn and author Naomi...

The World Health Organization has finally acknowledged that Covid is no longer a “global health emergency,” ending more than three years after the organization first declared the virus a crisis of global proportions. True North’s Andrew Lawton says those behind the most draconian Covid measures have tried to rewrite history. Also, former UCP candidate Caylan Ford is releasing a new documentary chr...

The Liberals have offered up amendments to their sweeping firearms legislation, Bill C-21. The new changes will outsource firearms classifications to a committee rather than codifying the Liberals’ ban on specific models. However, firearms advocates point out that this doesn’t protect law abiding gun owners. Rod Giltaca of the Canadian Coalition for Firearm Rights joins The Andrew Lawton Show to w...

Ontario trucker Harold Jonker must report to Ottawa next week to face four charges for his participation in the Freedom Convoy, which left Ottawa more than 14 months ago. Jonker, who has been an outspoken advocate for the freedom movement, will be charged with mischief, blocking a highway, and two counts of counselling an “uncommitted indictable offence.” Jonker joins True North’s Andrew Lawton li...

The Liberal government’s controversial internet regulation bill, C-11, has become law with “independent” senators ultimately voting in favour of it yesterday. When it comes into effect, the CRTC will have control over what content social media companies and online streaming platforms show to users, though the regulations are still yet to be worked out. True North’s Andrew Lawton says the importanc...

The Public Service Alliance of Canada’s strike continues, and has escalated into blocks of government buildings and other infrastructure. Union president Chris Aylward even said striking public servants may go to ports of entry to maximize the economic impact of the labour action. In spite of this, no one in the federal government is talking about the Emergencies Act, True North’s Andrew Lawton po...

The federal and Ontario governments are putting up $13 billion in subsidies to get Volkswagen to build an electric vehicle battery plant in St. Thomas, Ontario, working out to $4.3 million for each of the 3000 jobs the plant is expected to create. This is the largest piece of corporate welfare in Canada's history, but it's not clear how or if taxpayers can recoup that money. Macdonald-Laurier Inst...

A report prepared for Dr. Theresa Tam identifies “climate change” and “capitalism,” and “colonization” as part of a “public health emergency” in need of “collective social and political action.” True North’s Andrew Lawton points out the eerily similar language being used to talk about other political issues as were used to discuss Covid. Climate Depot’s Marc Morano joins the show to warn of the im...

Leaked Pentagon documents reveal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told NATO officials privately that Canada was never going to meet the commitment it previously made to NATO to spend no less than two per cent of its GDP on defence. Also, lawyer Lia Milousis on the case of a mother fighting in court for the right to make vaccination decisions for her children when their father thinks otherwise. Plus,...

Canada’s state broadcaster, CBC, is pausing its use of Twitter just one day after Twitter slapped a “government-funded media” label on its main account. CBC has condemned the label and asserted its “independence” as a broadcaster. Justin Trudeau has accused Pierre Poilievre of cozying up with “American billionaires” and attacking the media. Also, antisemitism was on full display at the Al-Quds Day...

Justin Trudeau's chief of staff, Katie Telford, appeared before members of parliament to supposedly answer questions about China's interference in Canadian elections and what the government and Liberals new about it. Yet Telford's testimony was far more about what she couldn't say or claimed to not know, making it a big snoozefest. True North's Andrew Lawton breaks down the testimony that produced...

A majority of Canadians think federal and provincial governments are doing a bad job of tackling crime and addressing public safety. Two-thirds of Canadians, according to one recent poll, say they feel less safe than they did even a few years ago. True North’s Andrew Lawton says the crime wave shouldn’t come as a surprise after government pushed people to the brink during the pandemic. Also, Calga...

The LGBT advocacy group Egale Canada is calling on the CRTC to ban Fox News from Canadian airways, citing a segment Fox host Tucker Carlson did on his show on what Carlson characterized as the trans movement’s targeting of Christians. True North’s Andrew Lawton says these calls will get worse when C-11 passes and the CRTC isn’t just governing TV and radio stations, but also online content. Also, a...

As Canadians grapple with rising food prices, the NDP has decided to go to war against grocery store profits. According to a recent survey, a small number of Canadians, 4.5%, think a government-run grocery store Crown Corporation is the answer. True North’s Andrew Lawton says this would be a great way to bring the efficiency of the passport office to grocery shopping. Also, Steven Guilbeault says...

The federal government is defending its use of the Emergencies Act in Federal Court this week, facing a challenge by the Canadian Constitution Foundation and Canadian Civil Liberties Association. The federal government has tried to dismiss the challenge as "moot," given the Emergencies Act is no longer in effect. True North's Andrew Lawton weighs in. Also, former CSIS intelligence officer Andrew K...

The Mass Casualty Commission has finally released its report on a Nova Scotia denturist’s 2020 killing spree that claimed 22 lives. Among its many recommendations, the report calls on government declare gender-based violence an “epidemic,” to “promote healthy masculinities,” to ban virtually all semi-automatic firearms, and to limit the amount of ammunition a person can own. True North’s Andrew La...

Justin Trudeau and Chrystia Freeland have tabled their latest budget, replete with so much spending the projected deficit is $40.1 billion – $10 billion higher than what they promised in the fall. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Trudeau government has finally closed the loophole allowing migrants to illegally enter Canada to seek asylum. For years, Justin Trudeau has insisted it was a complicated problem to solve, yet during Covid it seemed rather easily. Now, Canada and US have amended the Safe Third Country Agreement, meaning illegal border crossers can be turned back. Immigration lawyer Kevin Wiener joins the show...

It’s a special live edition of The Andrew Lawton Show from Ottawa at the Canada Strong and Free Conference! On today’s show, Andrew is hosting a panel with a diverse group of individuals to discuss the rising trend of cancel culture in Canada. Far too often, Canadians from all walks of life are being targeted and cancelled for simply having the “wrong opinion.” What can be done to address this ala...

After immense pressure from the Conservatives, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Chief of Staff, Katie Telford, has agreed to appear in parliamentary committee to testify on recent allegations of Chinese interference in Canadian elections. This comes after Trudeau backed down on threats of turning a Conservative motion into a confidence motion. Conservative House Leader Andrew Scheer joins the show...