Michael Higgins
Michael D. Higgins is an Irish politician who has served as the President of Ireland since 2011, previously as a Labour Party TD and government minister.
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Aug 22, 2026
Lean Right
National Post columnist demanding Carney reveal full details of why he abandoned the trade deal with Trump.
Conservatives echo the demand for transparency, suspecting Carney has something to hide, potentially electoral or political motives.
Aug 18, 2026
Lean Right
Higgins wrote a National Post column calling Toronto Metropolitan University a disgrace after the external review found antisemitism and harassment on campus.
Conservatives applaud him for exposing the university's institutional failure and for attacking the DEI ideology they say allowed this climate.
Aug 9, 2026
Lean Right
Higgins wrote that Canada should learn from the U.K.'s DEI plagiarism scandal.
Conservatives use his column to argue that DEI programs are toxic, corrupt, and should be stripped from Canadian institutions.
Aug 6, 2026
Lean Right
Wrote that Carney shamed Canadians on Emancipation Day by failing to celebrate Canada's role in abolishing slavery.
Conservatives cite Higgins to argue the Liberal leader is erasing Canadian history to push a guilt-based agenda.
Aug 1, 2026
Lean Right
Reported on the teacher Jim McMurtry getting a day in court after being fired for speaking truth on Kamloops.
Conservatives see this as vindication for free speech against the left-wing orthodoxy around residential school narratives.
Jul 29, 2026
Lean Right
Wrote that young people are losing faith in democracy because of what they have been taught, citing support for authoritarian leaders.
Articulates the conservative critique that left-leaning educational institutions are undermining democratic values.
Jul 23, 2026
Lean Right
Authored column criticizing law societies for exaggerating anomalies as graves in reconciliation contexts.
Seen as exposing misuse of reconciliation rhetoric.
Jul 11, 2026
Lean Right
Higgins authored an op-ed condemning Carney's expropriation plan for Alto as creating second-class citizens and undermining property rights.
Conservatives endorse Higgins's defense of property rights and view the expropriation as a dangerous Liberal overreach that sets a bad precedent.