Sandy Garossino

Columnist Vancouver English

Analysis, Opinion, Energy, Politics, Culture

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

101 Articles

The CBC logo is projected onto a screen during the CBC's annual upfront presentation at The Mattamy Athletic Centre in Toronto, Wednesday, May 29, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Tijana Martin

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.

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.

Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet, left, is accompanied by local candidates Rene Villemure, centre, and Jacinthe Bruneau, right, on Friday, Sept. 17, 2021 in Trois-Rivieres, Que. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz

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

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

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

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.

Premier Jason Kenney's anti-Alberta energy inquiry sowed fear among environmentalists (clockwise from top left: Ed Whittingham, Tzeporah Berman, Greg Knox and Shannon Phillips). Photos by Alex Tétreault, SkeenaWild, Twitter, submitted

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.

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.

The day they invaded Congress

If the least surprising thing in the world is that a mob of Trump extremists would storm the U.S. House and Senate as they met to confirm the president-elect, the most shocking was that it would be so easy, writes Sandy Garossino.

Grown man defeats proud boy

As a figure unblemished by shame or reflection, Donald Trump perfectly embodies a pre-pubescent ideal of manhood as unrestrained dominance. That he stands today unrivaled as the ultimate Proud Boy icon is entirely fitting, because Trump is childish to his core.