Matt Gurney, Hamilton Spectator

Matt Gurney

Hamilton Spectator

Toronto, ON, Canada

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Past articles by Matt:

@Twitter: I’ll miss you, if you die

Despite its flaws, the platform is a valuable tool for journalists and others. It’s also the greatest news ticker ever invented. → Read More

Matt Gurney: Liberals reach for another vaccine mandate

Article content In this NP Comment video, Matt Gurney questions whether the Ontario Liberals’ plan to make COVID-19 vaccines mandatory in order for children to attend school would have any meaningful effect on either public health or the party’s electoral fortunes. Watch the full episode below and subscribe to the Post’s YouTube channel here. → Read More

Matt Gurney: What the Ontario Liberals and NDP don’t want to talk about

Article content On the eve of an election call in Ontario, the National Post’s Matt Gurney takes a look at what the two main opposition parties have to say about the government’s pandemic response, in this NP Comment video. Watch the full episode below and subscribe to the Post’s YouTube channel here. → Read More

Matt Gurney: Government owes us answers over its use of the Emergencies Act (but that's not what we're getting)

If the government tries to simply obscure the fundamental point here — did it know something that truly made the act the only option? — behind cabinet… → Read More

Matt Gurney: Another make-believe election for Ontario

None of the party leaders have any idea what the next four months will bring, never mind the next four years → Read More

Matt Gurney: Ontario Liberals' focus on gun control is a gift to Doug Ford

Gun control may not be the perfect way to fire up a right-leaning base, but it's gotta make any shortlist of leading contenders → Read More

Matt Gurney: Canada's competency crisis is preventing Afghani and Ukrainian refugees from reaching our shores

Article content In this NP Comment video, the National Post’s Matt Gurney discusses how high level of Canadian bureaucracy and red tape have hindered our ability to get our allies in Afghanistan to safety and are now making it harder for those who are desperate to get out of Ukraine from reaching Canada. Watch the full episode below and subscribe to the Post’s YouTube channel here. → Read More

Matt Gurney: Sweden and Finland openly talking NATO membership another blow to Putin's plans

Perhaps Canadians are simply easily impressed. Lulled into an inaccurate sense of what is possible by the routinely languid pace of Canadian public policy,… → Read More

Matt Gurney: The Ontario Liberals’ mask mistake

Article content In this NP Comment video, the National Post’s Matt Gurney discusses the outrage that ensued after Ontario Liberals posed for pictures without face masks at a packed indoor campaign event, and what it says about the highly polarized and politicized debate over the continued use of masks. Watch the full episode below and subscribe to the Post’s YouTube channel here. → Read More

Matt Gurney: What has Trudeau’s deal with the NDP changed?

Is pharmacare and dental care the NDP’s price for supporting more military spending? → Read More

Matt Gurney: Trudeau has perfected the art of not answering questions — and our allies have noticed

This prime minister and his government have pushed the concept of message discipline beyond anything we’ve previously seen → Read More

Matt Gurney: The military discussion we need to have

If we choose to take defence seriously, the first step is actually setting some national goals and priorities → Read More

Matt Gurney: A good allied response to Russia, far too late

Why do we keep getting surprised when stuff that was obviously going to happen actually happens? → Read More

Matt Gurney: Trudeau needs to make decisions on military procurement — right now

We can’t afford to delay expensive military purchases any longer → Read More

Matt Gurney: With Russia's invasion of Ukraine, reality has caught up with Canada

We’re not ready militarily, economically and sure as hell not ready politically → Read More

Matt Gurney: Unless Trudeau can explain what the emergency is, he is abusing his power

It's far from clear that the police required new powers to clear Ottawa protests → Read More

Matt Gurney: What can we do now that Trudeau has invoked the Emergencies Act that we could not do before?

Article content In this NP Comment video, the National Post’s Matt Gurney tries to figure out what additional powers the Emergencies Act will give to police. The answer: not a heck of a lot. Watch the full episode below and subscribe to the Post’s YouTube channel here. The big issues are far from settled. Sign up for the NP Comment newsletter, NP Platformed. → Read More

Matt Gurney: On handling the Freedom Convoy protests, Trudeau, Ford and Watson have all failed spectacularly

Article content In this NP Comment video, the National Post’s Matt Gurney argues that our federal, provincial and municipal politicians are so preoccupied with playing politics, they have utterly failed to uphold law and order or secure our international border. Watch the full episode below and subscribe to the Post’s YouTube channel here. The big issues are far from settled. Sign up for the NP… → Read More

Matt Gurney: Canadians need serious solutions from their government. Instead, the Liberals give them memes

Instead of beefing up our military, MPs pose for photos with '#standwithukraine' signs → Read More

Matt Gurney: Russian brinkmanship in Ukraine hearkens back to the darkest days of the Cold War

Yet unlike during the Cold War, the conflict between Ukraine and Russia is little known, little discussed and wildly out of sight and mind for most North… → Read More