Full Comment is Canada’s podcast for compelling interviews, controversial opinions and fascinating discussions. Hosted by Brian Lilley. Published by Postmedia, new episodes are released each Monday.
…
continue reading
10/3 brings you the biggest stories in Canada told by Postmedia's national network of award-winning journalists. Hosted by Dave Breakenridge, 10/3 updates twice a week.
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Water rationing could be coming to your city next
33:25
33:25
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
33:25
If you want the real story about why residents in one of Canada’s biggest cities have for weeks been under orders to ration their water usage, you won’t get it from Calgary’s mayor or city bureaucrats. As local veteran Postmedia journalist Don Braid tells Brian in this week’s episode, the catastrophic water-main explosion is a tale of municipal mis…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Calgary has been under severe water restrictions for weeks after main pipe breaks
23:35
23:35
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
23:35
A break in the city's main water pipe has left Calgary under severe restrictions for over two weeks, raising concerns about water usage and the potential impact on the city's premier summer festival, the Stampede. Calgary Herald reporter Scott Strasser joins Dave Breakenridge to discuss the cause of the pipe failure, how the city is handling the si…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
MPs 'wittingly' took part in foreign interference: national security committee
23:23
23:23
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
23:23
Ottawa has been rocked by the fallout from a parliamentary report that suggests MPs have been witting or semi-witting participants in foreign interference. The report, released June 3, also implies one instance of an MP providing privileged information to a foreign operative. National Post politics reporter Ryan Tumilty joins the show to discuss wh…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Canada’s biggest superfan says leave your ethnic hatreds at the door
32:32
32:32
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
32:32
Nav Bhatia is instantly recognizable as the turbaned, fanatically exuberant Raptors superfan courtside at every home game. As he tells Brian, he immigrated to Toronto from an India riven by ethnic conflict, to find peace and undreamed-of prosperity here. Discussing his new memoir, The Heart of a Superfan, Bhatia talks about his experience with bigo…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
RCMP release review in response to mass killing on James Smith Cree Nation in Saskatchewan
25:36
25:36
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
25:36
Julia Peterson, a reporter with the Saskatoon Star Phoenix, discusses the recently released RCMP review of the 2022 mass stabbings in Saskatchewan's James Smith Cree Nation, which examined the force's handling of the incidents and the arrest of the perpetrator, the recommendations made, and whether this review, alongside two coroner’s inquests, pro…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Liberals have good reason to fear Pierre Poilievre
48:01
48:01
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
48:01
It may be that the leader of the Conservative party has been preparing for the job of prime minister his whole life. He once entered an essay contest about “If I were prime minister,” advocating for making Canada a bastion of freedom. As Andrew Lawton, author of the new biography, Pierre Poilievre: A Political Life, discusses with Brian, the now op…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Serial killer Robert Pickton is dead after prison assault
24:59
24:59
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
24:59
For many, the death of notorious killer Robert Pickton marks the end of a dark chapter in Canadian history, but for others, it leaves justice and closure out of reach, as Vancouver Sun reporter Lori Culbert discusses with Dave Breakenridge. Background reading: B.C. serial killer Robert Pickton viciously attacked in prison, clinging to life Learn mo…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Regular-people rules don’t apply to ‘Prince’ Trudeau
58:48
58:48
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
58:48
He gets away with wearing blackface while calling other people racist. He spoils himself with opulent trips abroad and refuses to answer for it. As Stephen Maher, author of a new book, The Prince: The Turbulent Reign of Justin Trudeau, explains, the prime minister has always seen himself as having been born into royalty — and he’s acted like it. Th…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Alberta’s drought shaping up to be ‘worse than we saw in the 1920s, 1930s’
24:55
24:55
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
24:55
Several years of dry conditions have Alberta facing a potential drought not seen in a generation, with tinder-dry grasslands and forests threatening farms, the water supply, and raising fears about fires, prompting officials to take measures to mitigate water shortages, Tyler Dawson discusses why Alberta is so dry and what officials are doing to tr…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
We’re under attack from Chinese electric cars
52:00
52:00
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
52:00
They sound like a bargain: Cheap Chinese EVs selling in Canada for around $15,000 each. They’re an even better deal for the Chinese, because our government promises to pay them more than that sale price for every EV they sell here, as Flavio Volpe tells Brian this week. The president of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association explains how t…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
B.C. promising changes after preventable overdose death of University of Victoria student
27:05
27:05
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
27:05
The parents of a young University of Victoria student who died from a fatal overdose in a university residence are seeking answers and changes, citing concerns about the handling of the 911 call and the delay in administering Naloxone. Vancouver Sun reporter Lori Culbert discusses the events surrounding the student's death, the perceived systemic f…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
How Alberta Mounties solved four murders nearly 50 years later
24:54
24:54
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
24:54
Nearly 50 years after two teen girls and two women were killed in the Calgary area, RCMP in Alberta say they’ve identified the man responsible. Police say Gary Allen Srery entered Canada after a violent past in the U.S. and committed the killings. He died while serving a sentence for rape in Idaho. Edmonton Journal courts and crime reporter Jonny W…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
It’s too late now for Liberals to replace Trudeau
44:02
44:02
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
44:02
Polls suggest the Tories are just too far ahead for Liberals to avoid a decimation in next year’s election. The prime minister seems defiantly bound to leading his party into 2025, even as his attacks against Tory Leader Pierre Poilievre grow more incoherent, as Chris Selley discusses with Brian this week. The big problem, Chris suspects, is that t…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
TikTok terror: How Hamas successfully hijacked your social media
44:47
44:47
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
44:47
Praising terrorist “martyrs,” open praise for Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis, and inciting violence toward Jews: social media platforms have been flooded since Hamas’s Oct. 7 attacks on Israel, with alarming and disturbing content that American online platforms seem unable to control. Tal-Or Cohen Montmayor, whose organization CyberWell deploys o…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Why Canadian prime ministers always stay well past their expiration date
20:36
20:36
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
20:36
In the UK or Australia, political leaders often lose their positions during party crises. However, in Canada, it's typically the voters who decide a leader's fate. National Post columnist Tristin Hopper speaks with Dave Breakenridge about why Canadian parties tend to stick with struggling leaders and the implications for Justin Trudeau amid declini…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Profiting from despair: How decriminalization advocates exploited B.C.’s opioid crisis
50:22
50:22
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
50:22
fIt wasn’t just that funding for the out-of-control opioid crisis flowed to those promoting radical, unproven policies. Advocates leading the charge to B.C.’s doomed drug decriminalization experiment were personally investing in businesses to supply opioids to addicts, profiting off the back of a massive social crisis, as Vancouver psychologist Dr.…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Oil begins moving on $34 billion Trans Mountain pipeline expansion
21:07
21:07
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
21:07
The Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, a major Canadian infrastructure project, cleared a significant hurdle despite numerous delays and legal challenges. Now federally owned, the project aims to transport bitumen from Alberta to the west coast. Calgary Herald columnist Chris Varcoe discusses with Dave Breakenridge the economic implications for Can…
…
continue reading
Don’t expect the foreign interference inquiry to do much to impede Beijing’s stunningly successful capture of Canada’s critical institutions, says Jonathan Manthorpe, author of Claws of the Panda. China’s most insidious infiltration isn’t happening at the ballot box but in our universities, corporations, the political class — and, perhaps most corr…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
The RCMP said he was a sex-trafficking kingpin
22:02
22:02
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
22:02
A Toronto man was jailed for over two years on human smuggling accusations before being released on bail and finding out at his trial that his charges had been dropped. Freelance reporter Luc Rinaldi joins the show to discuss the police's focus on him, the lengthy pre-trial detention, and the impact on his life in Canada. Background reading:The RCM…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
501
Police arrest multiple suspects in Canada's largest gold heist
20:17
20:17
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
20:17
In an update to the sensational gold heist at Toronto's Pearson airport, where over $20 million in gold was stolen from an Air Canada cargo facility, significant arrests have now been made across Canada and the U.S. National Post reporter Adrian Humphreys joins the show to discuss how police made breaks in the case, ties between the heist and alleg…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Ottawa just guaranteed we’ll all be paying higher taxes soon
42:01
42:01
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
42:01
The recent budget’s tax hikes won’t be enough to get us out of the fiscal mess the Trudeau Liberals have made with unrestrained spending and endless deficits, as Robert Asselin tells Brian. Asselin once advised Liberal finance minister Bill Morneau and is now with the Business Council of Canada. He says that with deficits becoming structural and in…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
551
Federal budget aims to please Millennials and Gen Z
22:00
22:00
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
22:00
The Trudeau government introduced a new budget focused on affordability and appealing to younger Canadians, accompanied by increased spending and debt. Toronto Sun columnist Brian Lilley joined the show to discuss its outreach to Millennials and Gen Z, its shortcomings, and criticism from traditionally Liberal supporters. Background reading:LILLEY:…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
What we learned from testimony at the Foreign Interference Inquiry
34:23
34:23
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
34:23
Last week, a foreign interference inquiry concluded after two weeks of testimony from MPs, intelligence officers, and even the Prime Minister, investigating potential foreign interference in the 2019 and 2021 elections. Catherine Levesque from the National Post discussed the inquiry's findings on Chinese interference and the government's response t…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Gen. Rick Hillier says Canada faces ‘death by a thousand cuts’
51:45
51:45
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
51:45
The Canadian Victoria Cross has never been awarded in its 31 years of existence. Gen. Rick Hillier aims to change that, and he joins Brian to discuss the new “Heroes Among Us” project launching with Postmedia — and his worries about the general state of our military, and our nation, today. Hillier lays out in stark detail how Canada’s world stature…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
601
Liberal government defence policy boosts military spending
17:12
17:12
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
17:12
The federal government announced plans to significantly increase military spending, aiming to expand the Canadian Forces and invest in new equipment. David Pugliese of the Ottawa Citizen joined the show to discuss the budget details, the equipment to be purchased, and how this aligns with allies' expectations on military expenditure. Background rea…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Canada has become a hub of Islamist terror financing
46:05
46:05
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
46:05
Islamist extremism is on the march, as Hamas, ISIS, Hezbollah, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, the Houthis and al Shabab unleash attacks against the West. Highly organized support for radicalized violence parades openly on our city streets. What connects them all is money, as Haras Rafiq tells Brian this week. And he says Canada has become a critical ne…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
651
What to expect from the April 8 solar eclipse
20:12
20:12
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
20:12
This April 8th, a total solar eclipse will captivate parts of North America, particularly Ontario and Quebec, with other regions observing a partial eclipse. Montreal Gazette's Susan Schwartz joins the show to discuss the widespread excitement and influx of visitors eager to experience this rare event. Background reading: Why the April 8 solar ecli…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
‘Target on my back’: Selina Robinson on the NDP’s surrender to antisemites
40:36
40:36
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
40:36
All she did was tell the truth. Before she knew it, Selina Robinson was being hounded out of B.C.’s cabinet for saying the UN had allotted Jews a “crappy piece of land” in 1948, with anti-Israel activists accusing her of insulting Muslims. Robinson joins Brian this week to recount how she was first targeted weeks prior by a “vicious” mob who wanted…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Shocking lapses outlined in auditor general's report on B.C.'s safe supply trial
24:14
24:14
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
24:14
Two years post-launch, B.C.'s "safer supply" program, aimed to curb the overdose crisis, faces scrutiny from Auditor General Michael Pickup for issues with transparency, access, and potential drug diversion. Vancouver Sun's Vaughn Palmer joins Dave Breakenridge to discuss the AG's findings, recommendations, and the political response in B.C. Learn …
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Trudeau’s big party tent is coming apart at the seams
48:33
48:33
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
48:33
New Democrats and even other Liberals are now fighting Justin Trudeau’s carbon-tax scheme. This, as the prime minister’s abandonment of Israel has lost him a significant segment of long-time supporters. Postmedia’s Lorne Gunter joins Brian Lilley this week to unpack the chaos that appears to be consuming the Liberal party right now. They get into h…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Liberals cry 'racism' to cover up another Chinese interference scandal
56:01
56:01
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
56:01
The Trudeau government didn’t just fight for years to hide the embarrassing truth about two scientists caught leaking secrets from Canada’s highest-risk pathology laboratory to China — including for bioweapons research. As former CSIS analyst Phil Gurski and Conservative MP Michael Chong discuss with Brian this week, the Liberals tried painting con…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
The ‘Online Harms’ Act could censor Twitter, Netflix, and us
53:06
53:06
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
53:06
Beware of governments making laws to “protect the children,” warns Ian Runkle, this week’s guest. The Liberals’ Bill C-63 rules to stop online child exploitation and revenge porn seem well-intentioned. But the Online Harms Act is so broad it could end up censoring popular streaming entertainment, says Runkle, a lawyer specializing in civil libertie…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
We're getting zapped by Guilbeault's radical, no-fuel, electrified future
46:55
46:55
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
46:55
We won’t need roads where we’re going. At least that’s how Liberal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault wants it. He wants to end funding for new roads in Canada and ban cars that use gas or diesel, while forcing our heating and energy to become all-electric. Meanwhile, as energy researcher and commentator Parker Gallant tells Brian this week, we…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
New Liberal 'online harms' bill to make online hate punishable by law
20:39
20:39
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
20:39
The "Online Harms Act," a new federal legislation aimed at curbing harmful online content, introduces harsh penalties for severe offenders and raises concerns about its impact on freedom of expression, as discussed by National Post political reporter Catherine Lévesque with host Dave Breakenridge. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.f…
…
continue reading