Fatima Syed is the Toronto reporter for National Observer. She was previously a reporter on the Breaking News desk for The Toronto Star, with an eye for diversity, social justice and international issues. A graduate of the University of Toronto, she earned her Masters in Journalism at Ryerson University. She was an editorial fellow at The Walrus and has written as well for Spacing and This Magazine.

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Steven Del Duca believes Doug Ford isn't 'competent'

Steven Del Duca has come up with a series of ambitious plans to rebuild and modernize the Ontario Liberal Party. He wants to create a 124-member caucus that has at least 30 candidates under the age of 30, and half of whom are women. He wants to find a way to respect taxpayer's money while also investing in Ontario — something he believes his government lost track off in their last days in office.
By Fatima Syed in News, Politics | May 22nd 2019
Elections Canada

Elections Canada 'fully prepared' for threats to October vote

"I don't know of any country that could be better positioned for an election than we are, which doesn't mean that we aren't invulnerable or that nothing wrong is going to happen," Elections Canada chief electoral officer Stéphane Perrault told National Observer in an interview. "But I don't think that we could have a better system than we do now." 
By Fatima Syed in News, Politics | May 10th 2019
Doug Ford

Doug Ford is ‘sending in the bulldozers’

Four days after Doug Ford's government spelled out 20-pages of weakened protections for Ontario's endangered species in an omnibus housing bill, an 18,000-page report by over 450 scientists culminated in one shocking fact: over one million animal and plant species are now threatened with extinction.
By Fatima Syed in News, Politics | May 8th 2019

Ontario Greens parody Doug Ford stickers

On Thursday, the leader of the Ontario Greens is giving gas stations an alternative sticker that is free and reveals the costs of climate change to counter Ford's "tax-payer funded partisan stickers." Mike Schreiner's stickers display the fact that climate costs in Canada could reach as high as $91 billion per year by 2050.
By Fatima Syed in News, Politics | May 2nd 2019