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Max Fawcett

Lead Columnist Calgary
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About Max Fawcett

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 eloquent writing has been published in The Globe and Mail, Maclean's, The Walrus and CBC and he has been an executive editor at both Alberta Oil Magazine and Vancouver Magazine,

190 Articles

Doug Ford lowered Ontario’s expectations

Ontario seems to have forgotten who Doug Ford was going into the pandemic, writes columnist Max Fawcett. That collective amnesia could propel him to election victory.
Opinion, Politics | June 1st 2022

Canada can still crack down on guns — before it’s too late

If we want our country to remain as safe as possible, we’re going to need to remember that American-style freedom comes with American-style costs.
Opinion | May 28th 2022

Would Poilievre fund a Fox News Canada?

Canada isn’t in any danger of embracing Hungarian-style fascism, but the manipulation of the media could easily serve as an inspiration for our conservatives, writes columnist Max Fawcett.
Opinion, Politics | May 27th 2022

Calgary’s billionaires should put their money where their hockey team is

Seattle’s new Climate Pledge Arena serves as a reminder — an unpleasant one for those hoping to extort more cash out of Calgary’s city council — that you can build a new arena without public money, writes columnist Max Fawcett.
Opinion, Politics | May 25th 2022

Jason Kenney defeated himself

Despite moving the location of the vote, changing the rules around it, and otherwise tilting the table in his own direction wherever possible, Kenney could barely win a plurality of the votes — and didn’t even match the 55 per cent showing that ultimately forced Ralph Klein to step down in 2006.
Opinion | May 19th 2022

Kick the 'treasonous' Great Replacement Theory out of Canada before it takes us off the rails

Purging the Conservative Party of Canada’s tent of hate is going to be very difficult, given how long and hard people like Pierre Poilievre have worked to churn it up against any number of supposed enemies, writes columnist Max Fawcett.
Opinion | May 18th 2022

Why Canadians shouldn't fall for Poilievre's infomercial sales pitch

Is the Conservative Party of Canada going to elect a wise person as their next leader, asks columnist Max Fawcett, or fall for Pierre Poilievre’s infomercial sales pitch?
Opinion, Politics | May 17th 2022

Jason Kenney throws more Alberta taxpayer dollars into expensive legal fees

After years fighting a futile legal battle against the federal carbon tax, Jason Kenney’s UCP government has found another hill for its well-paid lawyers to die on, writes columnist Max Fawcett.
Opinion, Politics | May 13th 2022

Del Duca nips at Ford’s heels in race for Ontario

Steven Del Duca's Liberals have established themselves as the clear threat to Doug Ford and they now have three weeks to run him down, writes columnist Max Fawcett. Photo by Nick Iwanyshyn
Opinion, Politics | May 12th 2022

Under His Eye: Margaret Atwood foreshadowed extreme religious power would end American freedom (and take control of reproduction)

The parallels between The Handmaid's Tale and the reality that’s unfolding in the United States today are both stunning and stark, writes columnist Max Fawcett.
Opinion, Politics | May 10th 2022
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