brian lilley is a political columnist with the toronto sun. a veteran of radio, tv, print and online, brian cut his teeth covering courts, crime and everything else as a junior reporter in montreal. since 2002 he's spent most of his time focused on politics including working from 2005 through 2010 as the ottawa bureau chief for newstalk 1010 in toronto and cjad 800 in montreal. in 2010, brian joined the sun to help with the launch of sun news network, hosting the popular nightly show byline while also writing weekly columns for the paper. now based in toronto, brian writes daily columns on politics covering all levels of government and is regularly heard commenting on issues on talk radio stations across the country.