The Shurman Report

Hi, I’m Peter Shurman. No big baritone announcer today, no theme song today either. Just me. I’m here to give you a piece of news. The Shurman Report began in early August with gusto. I decided to do the show daily on four video platforms plus release the audio as a podcast immediately afterward every day. I’m proud of the work that went into it because we have fulfilled that dream…we’ve even gene...

Peter features reaction by the Government to Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s statement yesterday that Israel’s retaliation for the missile attack last week by Iran would be a gift to humanity if it disabled Iran’s nuclear capacity. The Foreign Minister Melanie Joly warned that the G7 (Canada is a member) wants to see a proportionate response. She would not say whether a “proportionate respo...

Peter discusses the changing face of the Middle East as the inferno keeps on burning and appears to be getting hotter. He also comments on the instability never before experienced in Canada all related to the situation. Stephen LeDrew and Peter continue with the general topic of huge change in Canada. Trudeau has been successful in bringing about the initial stages of his post-national state. That...

Peter talks about the various positive ways October 7th was remembered around the world. He also, however, shares his concern that we’re all not thinking the same way in the west. Some have seen the inferno of the Middle East as a call to action. And businessman Rick Ekstein will join Peter. Rick, who spent 20 years travelling all over the Middle East building his business, will tell you about wha...

Andy Stinton with us today…it’s a minor push-and-shove as usual but that’s because he always comes with topics ready-to-eat. Today….do we pay politicians enough to get good people? Wait and listen to what we think Why doesn’t Pierre Poilievre have a platform? I keep telling Andy why but he’s not buying it. And do we vote parties in when election time comes around or toss them out. Good discussion....

Peter & Stephen LeDrew: diminishing trust in our news media; The Debate; Miracle in Israel? In a shortened show today, Peter welcomes Sytephen LeDrew and they discuss: 1.   Canadians diminishing trust in our news media; 2.   Iran’s overwhelming missile attack on Israel and underwhelming results; 3.   Winners and Losers…who won the debate? Peter brings you a tweet from X that defies explanation. Th...

Peter editorializes about Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly speaking to the UN. She uses her podium to slam Israel for “being against a Palestinian state…sound bass-ackwards to me; Melanie Joly cites the Charter of Rights and Freedoms to justify selective use of our basic freedoms on a positive and negative basis…why does she allude so clearly to her own political persuasion? Kamala Harris rep...

Peter is joined by Andy Stinton – we discuss whether the public was better-formed before social media Where are the flying cars? What’s a Dejero? (pertains to camera conversion to clips) Reaction to the death of Hassan Nasrallah by the Israelis and joy in the streets. Don’t mess with Israel…the Houthis find out the hard way. Netanyahu reaches out to Iranians, most of who could do without the Mulla...

Peter and Stephen Ledrew discussing the past week…a private member’s bill in the Canadian Parliament that would make it illegal to downplay or justify the Indian Residential school system. We talk about journalism paid for with your tax dollars. And the fight of Israel’s life. Peter’s Views address a Bloc Quebecois ultimatum to Justin Trudeau; the American “too close to call” election; and the maj...

Peter interviews Igal Hecht, a film maker who has created The Killing Roads, a new documentary not for the faint of heart. It chronicles the murderous rampage of terrorists as they sought out and killed Israelis on October 7, 2023. Regular Contributor Lisa McLeod talks about the Bloc Quebecois ultimatum to Prime Minister Trudeau; the CEO of Canada Post telling his Annual General Meeting that the c...

A group of Liberal Members of Parliament have approached the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee with the idea of negotiating with the Palestinians with a view to creating a Palestinian state. These must be incredibly dense people. How many times have you been told a "two-state' solution is unacceptable...and despite that, they'd negotiate with whomever represents Palestinians and not Israe...

We are visited once again by Ottawa-based Dan Donovan, publisher of Ottawa Life Magazine…he helps us once again with one of those by-elections held last week. Seems the Liberal losers of that one are crying in their beer but, even more amazing, Quebec Premier Francois Legault is at odds with Bloc Quebecois strategy…and the Bloc was the winner! Western University President and Vice Chancellor write...

The two-state solution for a resolution to Israeli/Palestinian problems is never going to happen. It’s dead. Hear journalist Dave Gordon on The Shurman Report today…he wrote an op-ed piece in The National Post explaining why and what must now happen. We’ve watch a couple of high profile Democrats explain why they defected to the Trump team. Why? We have video and opinion from Tulsi Gabbard and Rob...

Stephen Ledrew joins Peter to offer his thoughts on our Immigration Minister’s confidence in the system…really? Send over some of what he’s smoking. What’s Mark Carney up to? And just how badly can a charming Justin Trudeau be set to lose terribly in the next election? Peter tells you about an Israeli newspaper article that discusses a Dubai based journalist who thinks Israel is making Iranian pro...

Lisa McLeod joins The Shurman Report today…she’s the MPP for Nepean and a former Ford Government Cabinet Minister in two different portfolios…but she’s done after 19 years and won’t run again. She’ll be another regular contributor to The Shurman Report. Home mortgages renewing in 2025 should come in somewhat better than we may have been thinking. Canada’s inflation rate has reached the 2% target a...

Andy Stinton would never vote for Donald Trump but Peter would. They talk about it and walk away still friends! Are Bank of Canada officials going to have a good hard look at dropping the overnight bank rate by another ½ percent when that decision is made next month? Canada has seen its inflation rate drop precipitously and achieve the 2% inflation target. Peter talks about what the so-called “Opp...

Montreal and Central Winnipeg held by-elections last evening. While Elmwood-Tascona in Winnipeg remained NDP as it has historically been, the plurality was cut from about 10000 over their nearest rival the Conservatives, The difference is stark…now only 1200 votes. That shows the strength concervatism is gaining even in what some would have considered a forever unattainable riding. In Quebec, Emar...

The big Canadian news today is that people are voting in Central Montreal and Central Winnipeg to pick new Members of Parliament. The Montreal seat was Liberal and once held by Prime Minister Paul Martin. Has that changed?  In Winnipeg, a so-called safe seat for the NDP is up for grabs. The loss of that seat would be painful for newly free (from any support agreement) Jagmeet Singh. The results wi...

Some highly placed Sikh people say that since they all use the name Singh, Poilievre’s nickname “Sellout Singh” is out of order. Minister Harjit Singh Sajjan even calls it racist. Do you tip at fast food restaurants? Should you? Should the now imminent Air Canada strike be settled by binding arbitration? And should transportation companies be regulated as essential services? A Toronto teacher was...

Peter delves into whether the “eating dogs and cats story could have any fact behind it…it can! He revisits the unanswered question “are we better off now than four years ago?”. And he examines a column in today’s National Post where writer Carson Jerema asks the question: Does Mélanie Joly know she works for Hamas? Canada’s Parliament has been in summer recess and, wow, how things have changed on...

Peter reviews the Presidential debate and discusses why he believes it was not anyone’s shining moment. Most of it looked like Harris baiting Trump and Trump taking it every time…will it change anything? Probably not. Canada has dropped 30 contracts to supply Israel with ammunition and one that ships from a Quebec manufacturer via the United States. The Centre for Israeli and Jewish Affairs fights...

Peter reviews what the Trump/Harris debate may mean, especially since the two candidates have never met and even more especially since there may be no more debates. Later in the program, we look at why swing states matter and how they basically determine election outcomes because the Electoral College is the key. What’s going on in Montreal where a byelection takes place next week and the NDP cand...

Peter takes editorial positions on a variety of subjects that have evolved over the weekend. Former Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney is with the Liberal Caucus in Nanaimo talking finance and the economy. Carney’s name has come up in the past as a potential Trudeau successor. The feds are adding insult to injury by planning to launch an ad campaign in favour of what they call the carbon rebate p...

Peter has a chat with Melissa Lantsman, MP for Thornhill and also Deputy-Leader of the Conservative Party. We discuss the Singh method for disconnecting from Prime Minister Trudeau, Conservative readiness, and what we can all expect going forward. Canadian universities are feeling a lot of financial pressure. The feds reduced the number of study permits for international students, hoping to curtai...

Peter talks math (but don’t ask him how that went in school!). The math is House of Commons simple arithmetic and what it will take to knock the Trudeau Liberals out in a confidence vote. May not be as easy as Jagmeet and Pierre doing a group hug with Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet. What does the Bank of Canada’s ¼% drop mean for you?? Maybe nothing much yet but you might be betting...