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
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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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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

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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.

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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.

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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?

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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.

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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

Canada

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.

Science

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.

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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

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Because it’s 2019: A look back at Trudeau’s original cabinet

A look back at Trudeau’s original, sunny ways cabinet reveals just how much has changed in a few short years of Liberal rule

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Canada’s climate change sideshow

Matt Gurney: Canadians are stuck watching a debate between a party with no plan and a party with a plan that won’t work. All the while China keeps building coal plants.