Archive - Andrew Lawton

Help me take my voice – and the fight for freedom – to Ottawa

UPDATE: I am now the Conservative candidate in the riding so I have been aggressively campaigning ahead of the upcoming election.

Aug 1, 2024 •

May 2024

Why I wrote a book about Pierre Poilievre

Before getting into today’s newsletter, which is about my forthcoming biography of Pierre Poilievre, I wanted to let you know about events I’ll be…

May 23, 2024 •

March 2024

The Liberals are trying to kill free speech, not chill it

Justin Trudeau is holding the pen and wants to draw the line between acceptable and unacceptable speech. This must remain the domain of society, not the…

Mar 16, 2024 •

February 2024

If what Michael Mann has endured is defamation, I want some

I am not a lawyer, but I assumed in covering a defamation trial I might be exposed to something resembling evidence of defamation. How naïve I was.

Feb 2, 2024 •

January 2024

Turns out bouncy castles aren’t a national emergency after all

Most Canadians didn’t need a court ruling to know that dance parties, inflatable hot tubs, and bouncy castles did not create a national emergency – but…

Jan 24, 2024 •

Chrystia Freeland pays lip service to press freedom

The reason Menzies was ambushing Freeland is because she and her government do not allow independent journalists any official opportunities to question…

Jan 12, 2024 •

December 2023

If you like CBC so much, fund it yourself

If CBC were privately funded, the network would be free to revel in its climate grief vasectomies, anti-colonial tomatoes, and Hamas apologetics all day…

Dec 7, 2023 •

November 2023

Why Israel matters (to this gentile, anyway)

Even with the rockets, terrorism, and continued threats to its existence, Israel offers a home for Jews that the rest of the world has failed to…

Nov 15, 2023 •

September 2023

Standing up for parents is a political and moral win

As we saw during the Covid era, people who are otherwise disinterested in politics will get involved when politics intrude on their lives. This is the…

Sep 23, 2023 •

August 2023

Media should be questioning Canada’s WEF ties, not smearing those who do

The WEF espouses radical ideas about upending the free-market system, abandoning property ownership, and tracking what you buy. A serious media would…

Aug 14, 2023 •

July 2023

Why Trudeau's cabinet shuffle doesn't matter

Justin Trudeau’s government has trampled on civil liberties, ballooned federal debt and spending, divided Canadians across every conceivable fault line…

Jul 28, 2023 •

June 2023

Conservatives need to stop looking for liberal heroes

Kennedy has been a fierce and courageous champion for medical freedom and should be praised for this. But this does not mean people should ignore his…

Jun 30, 2023 •

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