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Sandy Garossino

Columnist Vancouver English
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About Sandy Garossino

Sandy Garossino is public affairs columnist for Canada's National Observer. She is a former Crown prosecutor and prominent media commentator, whose bold writing is read by millions across North America.

Her writing provides depth on topics where the media's analysis of controversial and urgent topics misses the mark. She is the winner of 'Best Column' in Canada in the 2016 Canadian Online Publishing Association's awards, and was a finalist for the Jack Webster Award for 'Best Column' in 2019.

She is a frequent guest on radio and television shows, providing analysis on recent political events from Canadaland to Global TV.

Sandy Garossino interviews Prime Minister Justin Trudeau about the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project in Ottawa in 2018

103 Articles

Let’s have an adult conversation about abortion

Meanwhile, can we get real for just a minute and talk about sex and pregnancy as if we’re adult humans with real life experience and not children reading about it in books? asks columnist Sandy Garossino.
Opinion | May 7th 2022

Startling Trump interference points to GoFundMe convoy campaign manipulation

If you think there’s something extremely fishy about the GoFundMe “Freedom” campaign, you’re onto something, writes columnist Sandy Garossino.
Opinion | February 4th 2022

Substacking the deck

The suggestion that increased racial sensitivity by Canada’s public broadcaster is the effect of elite American liberal posturing is flatly bizarre, writes columnist Sandy Garossino.
Opinion | January 12th 2022

As Kenney's anti-Alberta Energy inquiry fizzles out, remember it was a grave abuse of power

The panicky narrative of duplicitous American puppeteers directing Canadian pipeline opposition evaporated in the face of ordinary facts. 
Opinion | October 22nd 2021

A mea culpa and plea for better election journalism

Coming out of a federal election, those of us in media must be measured and judicious in editorial decisions about how to direct our limited resources to fairly report on matters of concern to all Canadians, writes columnist Sandy Garossino.
Election 2021
Opinion | September 24th 2021

Are the Liberals our best chance?

"If there's one lesson we should have learned as a nation these last two years, it's the indispensable role of government."
Election 2021
Opinion | September 16th 2021
Afghanistan evacuation

What you need to know about Canada's Kabul airlift mission

Analysis | August 28th 2021

Cut a deal and bring the Michaels home

The Xi Jinping regime will not bend or give ground until the Meng Wanzhou proceedings are terminated, whether by Canada or the United States, writes columnist Sandy Garossino.
Opinion | August 13th 2021

Clear their names, Jason Kenney

Steve Allan’s anti-Alberta energy inquiry has found the accusations levelled by the Jason Kenney government against environmentalists to be a complete sham, writes columnist Sandy Garossino.
Analysis, Politics | July 30th 2021

My not-so-secret communication channel with Alberta's oilsands inquiry

Canada's National Observer columnist Sandy Garossino explains why she met with commission accountants from Alberta's inquiry into alleged foreign-funded campaigns against the province's energy sector.
Opinion | February 1st 2021
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