Prime Minister Trudeau is going to be appointing a special rapporteur to look into potential election interference. Political reporter, Brian Lilley, says Trudeau will announce who it is and this individual will answer to the PM directly. In this interview with BCN’s Hal Roberts, Mr. Lilley will also discuss comments CPC leader Pierre Poilievre made […]Read More
Toronto Sun columnist and political reporter, Brian Lilley, took issue with the fact that important information he received from the federal government on who stayed at the $6,000 a night hotel suite in London, England during the Queen’s funeral was redacted. He explains in this interview with BCN’s Hal Roberts.Read More
The federal Conservatives motion on bail reform was shot down by all of the other parties. Political reporter, Brian Lilley, has the details. Mr. Lilley will also discuss how the $6.8 million spent on 10 people at a Calgary quarantine hotel was just the tip of the COVID-19 iceberg. He explains in this interview with […]Read More
A number of Canadians are still not happy with the Trudeau government’s fall economic statement or mini-budget. You can include the Parliamentary Budget Officer. Political reporter Brian Lilley says the PBO was pretty hard on the Liberals for their increased spending. Read More
Brendan Miller is a lawyer representing some of the protesters from last February’s Freedom Convoy in Ottawa. He was temporarily kicked out of the public inquiry into the Emergencies Act. Political reporter, Brian Lilley, has the details in this interview with BCN’s Hal Roberts.Read More
Canada’s Security Intelligence Service or CSIS has said that the Freedom Convoy last February posed no national security threat just before the Emergencies Act was invoked. That is according to political commentator and Toronto Sun columnist Brian Lilley. He shares the details with BCN’s Hal Roberts. Read More
Political commentator Brian Lilley has been covering the public inquiry into the Emergencies Act quite extensively. We asked Brian if he thought invoking the act by the Trudeau government was even necessary. Read More
Political reporter and Toronto Sun columnist Brian Lilley has been following the public inquiry into the Emergencies Act closely. Lilley says the police in Ottawa should have known that the truckers and protesters were going to be staying longer than a couple of days. Read More
Political reporter Brian Lilley says Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson, during his recent testimony at the inquiry, is incorrect when he says truckers with the Freedom Convoy were in Ottawa earlier this year protesting provincial mask mandates. Read More
Scott Smith is out as Hockey Canada’s president and CEO. In fact, the entire board of directors for Hockey Canada also resigned today. Smith was unable to survive the fallout related to the national body’s handling of sexual assault allegations and how settlements were paid out. The news angered many Canadians leading to calls for […]Read More
A number of Canadian farmers we have interviewed say they are not happy with Ottawa’s recommendation that they cut their fertilizer use by 30 percent in order to cut emissions. Political reporter Brian Lilley says a number of farmers he has chatted with say if the Trudeau Liberals want producers to use less fertilizer that […]Read More
During his caucus retreat in St. Andrews, New Brunswick Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said his party has a plan to help the Canadian economy get back on track as we make our way out of the pandemic. Political reporter Brian Lilley says the PM’s plan of spending more taxpayer’s dollars is not the answer.Read More
Interim Conservative leader, Candice Bergen, says she will stay on as a member of Parliament for now but will not be running in the next election. We asked political reporter Brian Lilley why the popular Manitoba MP is stepping away from public life. He will also discuss if anything can stop the Pierre Poilievre train […]Read More
Following the incident in Grande Prairie, where a man yelled profanities at Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canadians need to respect each other more. Political reporter Brian Lilley is taking issue with that comment from our PM. He says Trudeau really needs to practise what he preaches.Read More
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe blasted federal officials for trespassing on farmer’s land. Apparently the federal workers were collecting water samples checking out nitrate levels. Political reporter, Brian Lilley, says this may just be a case of a little misunderstanding.Read More
Many Canadians would argue that the Trudeau Liberals are not doing enough to help curb inflation. Political reporter Brian Lilley says they really don’t have a plan outside of encouraging the Bank of Canada to raise its prime rate.Read More
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in Costa Rica enjoying a holiday with his family. There was some controversy when our PM stepped off of the plane and he was seen not wearing a mask. Political reporter Brian Lilley says that is a major no-no since the Trudeau Liberals say you must wear a mask at […]Read More
Former Prime Minister Stephen Harper has thrown his support behind CPC leadership candidate, Pierre Poilievre. Political reporter, Brian Lilley, says the announcement did not sit well with Poilievre’s biggest competitor Jean Charest.Read More
Many more premiers have jumped on board Alberta’s constitutional challenge of Bill C-69. Alberta Premier Jason Kenney calls C-69 as the No More Pipelines Act. Political reporter, Brian Lilley, says even a Liberal premier wants to see it overturned federally.Read More
A number of Canadians are concerned that the Trudeau Liberals may bring back COVID-19 restrictions this fall considering they were only suspended. Political reporter, Brian Lilley, says for the Liberals, it is all about NOT giving up that power.Read More
Toronto Sun columnist and one of our regular contributors, Brian Lilley, is calling for five different Trudeau ministers to either be fired or shuffled to another portfolio. He says a number of ministers have failed Canadians miserably and Ottawa is just adrift right now. Brian gave us some examples of why he feels that way […]Read More
With inflation at an all time high, life is getting to be quite costly for Canadians especially when we pull up to the pumps. I asked political reporter Brian Lilley, what is causing the price of fuel to increase by so much. The average price in Canada is now over $2.00 a litre. Brian says […]Read More
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited Kamloops, BC over the weekend marking the one year anniversary of 215 unmarked graves being discovered not far from a former residential school. Trudeau said it was an important time to come together. While the PM was in Kamloops he was greeted by a number of Indigenous people who were […]Read More
The federal Conservatives are choosing their new leader in September. There is a lot of campaigning going on with the six candidates trying to sell memberships and drum up support. Political analyst Brian Lilley gives his thoughts as to whom the front runners are following a few hotly contested CPC leadership debates.Read More
Since 1877 prayer has been a part of the daily session of Parliament in Canada. Well now a Bloc Quebecois MP has brought forth a motion to do away with the practice. Political reporter Brian Lilley says some want to separate church and state but church has been a BIG part of the state for […]Read More
Political reporter Brian Lilley says Canadians have mixed feelings as to whether abortion should continue to be legalized here in Canada. The abortion issue could become a hot potato politically. Read More
As you have heard on Bridge City News, federal Environment Minister, Steven Guibeault, is being blasted over the Liberal’s discussing the possibility of implementing a tax on trucks and SUV’s. Political reporter, Brian Lilley, has the details. Brian will also discuss who the CPC leadership frontrunner is when it comes to selling memberships. Read More
We chatted with political reporter and one of our regular contributors, Brian Lilley, to find out how much aid Canada has given Ukraine in its fight against Russia. Brian also discusses who the frontrunners are when it comes to the CPC leadership race. The federal Conservatives are choosing their new leader in September.Read More
Even though the Liberals and NDP say what they formed is NOT a coalition our political reporter Brian Lilley says if it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck…Read More
Ukrainian President Zelensky pleaded with Canada and NATO allies to push for a No Fly Zone over his country. Political reporter Brian Lilley says it is something the Ukrainian president desperately needs right now to help defend his country. Read More
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