Max Fawcett is Canada's National Observer's lead columnist. His brilliant essays and opinions are read and valued by millions of Canadians.
We're not sure how he finds so much time to write three substantial, searing columns a week and tweet through the day. Yet proof that he can and does is vivid on Twitter, where he engages in intense, irreverent conversations on politics and policy, with a special focus on the Kenney government of Alberta.
His Canada's National Observer columns are regularly highlighted on National News Watch, and he is a frequent guest on leading podcasts and radio shows.
Max's writing has been published in The Globe and Mail, Maclean's, The Walrus and CBCand he has been an executive editor at both Alberta Oil Magazine and Vancouver Magazine,
For all of our talk about putting kids first and trying to protect them from danger, we don’t really practise what we preach, writes columnist Max Fawcett.
This is hardly the first time that Ford’s government has made decisions about the Greenbelt that seem disproportionately beneficial to a small group of developers, writes columnist Max Fawcett.
Now that Bill 1 is tabled in the Alberta legislature, the question is which will die first: Danielle Smith's government or the province's rule of law, writes columnist Max Fawcett.
Anything short of a summary conviction of the Prime Minister and his closest advisers will be spun by the convoy’s leaders and their various enablers as a betrayal of democracy, writes columnist Max Fawcett.
The latest video from the Conservative Party of Canada leader, shot in front of a makeshift tent city near the Port of Vancouver, might be his most cynical and depraved yet, writes columnist Max Fawcett.
Trudeau's ability to provoke completely irrational responses in the people who dislike him most was evident after his public dispute with Chinese president Xi Jinping.
Despite a number of polls showing the UCP trailing Rachel Notley’s NDP, Danielle Smith seems determined to keep pushing unpopular ideas and polarizing policies.
Wearing a mask in crowded public settings for a few weeks is hardly the affront that the loud and selfish would like us to believe, writes columnist Max Fawcett.
Conservatives' inability to see cryptocurrency flaws speaks to their judgment, their ability to detect bullshit, and their willingness to traffic in unproven ideas, writes columnist Max Fawcett.
