Huawei’s pitch to Canadians: Keep your friends and family close
Matt Gurney: The Chinese company’s newest ad was meant to deliver a feel-good message. It is not going over well.
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Matt Gurney
Matt Gurney is a journalist based in Toronto. A long-time columnist and editor at the National Post, he has also hosted news radio programs in Toronto, Montreal and nationally. And he’s on Twitter @mattgurney
The meme-ification of Canadian politics
Matt Gurney: Just when it seemed our political discourse could not get worse, the parties have unleashed a new form of superficial messaging
Doug Ford, liability
Matt Gurney: The Ontario premier is parking his government until the fall. Whatever the reason, it’s very good news for the federal Conservatives.
The Philippines has a bigger trash problem than Canada
Matt Gurney: Canada should take back its waste. But the angry rhetoric coming from the volatile Duterte is masking a more serious local problem.
Elizabeth May’s lack of vision
Matt Gurney: The Green leader could win over disaffected voters on the left and right. Why is she ruling out working with Andrew Scheer?
The roots of the Mark Norman trial
Matt Gurney: For over a decade multiple governments bungled efforts to replace the navy’s supply ships. It all led to the current case now haunting the Liberals.
Andrew Scheer’s cold, hard climate change calculus
Matt Gurney: For the overwhelming majority of Canadians, climate change is not their top concern and that’s why it’s still missing from the Conservative election plan
Ottawa’s ultimate betrayal of a wounded veteran and mother
Matt Gurney: So far, 400 Canadians have done what the government won’t, giving money to help pay for Kimberly Fawcett’s prosthetic leg. She deserves better.
Notre Dame: Saving (and scanning) a monument to civilization
Matt Gurney: After 9/11, the U.S. began quietly surveying national monuments. In France, Notre Dame will benefit from similar, powerful tools of science and engineering.
Who will be the #WelcometoCanada champion now?
Matt Gurney: Justin Trudeau and the Liberals have suddenly pivoted to a much harder line on refugees and asylum claims—and the timing sure is interesting