Sandy Garossino

National Affairs Columnist Vancouver English

Analysis, Opinion, Energy, Politics, Culture

Sandy Garossino 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

87 Articles

The hidden key to the SNC-Lavalin scandal

Perhaps the most depressing spectacle of the entire Trudeau SNC-Lavalin implosion is that neither the prime minister nor the people around him seem to have any idea of how badly their tunnel vision distorted their judgment in the conduct of this file.

By Sandy Garossino | Analysis, Business, Politics | March 8th 2019

Canada's pawn in the Xi-Trump cyber game

As it happens, we probably do have a way out of this, but not through conventional diplomatic channels, writes Sandy Garossino. This mess needs to get back in front of a judge.

By Sandy Garossino | Analysis | December 20th 2018

Reflections on one of this year's most painful photographs

One day those who haven’t yet been born will look at these pictures and marvel that no one gathered there knew what would happen next.

Opinion

By Sandy Garossino | Opinion | December 5th 2018

PRINCE SCARFACE: How long can he last?

This Khashoggi business has turned into a laughable parody of a Monty Python dead parrot sketch.

Opinion

By Sandy Garossino | Opinion, Politics | October 20th 2018

JUDGE-SHOPPED: Kavanaugh or bust

If Brett Kavanaugh was sober last week, try to picture him drunk.

Opinion

By Sandy Garossino | Opinion | October 5th 2018

Inside the mind of a mass killer

Toronto has been struck again, laid low by another mass killer. What experiences drive people who kill indiscriminately? National Observer's Sandy Garossino interviews a renowned criminologist for answers.

By Sandy Garossino | Analysis, Politics | July 25th 2018

Stop whitewashing the bloodstains from BC's Dirty Money Laundromat

First we have to bring up the bodies. So many bodies.

Opinion

By Sandy Garossino | Opinion, Politics | June 30th 2018

The truth behind the story engulfing Canada's Sikh politicians

Trudeau's India visit tarnished by a hysteria with a long and deep historical context the media completely misunderstood, parroting racist, anti-Sikh rhetoric that was dangerously damaging.

Opinion

By Sandy Garossino | Opinion, Politics | March 15th 2018

Justin Trudeau, Sandy Garossino, Ottawa, Kinder Morgan

Trudeau's toughest challenge

Yet even if Kinder Morgan clears the hurdle of a First Nations court challenge and First Nations activism, it must then confront formidable opposition from BC environmental activists. For better or worse, not every goal a government sets is politically achievable.

By Sandy Garossino | Analysis, Energy, Politics | February 19th 2018

Who the hell is @RVAwonk and how is she cracking the Kremlin's code?

This was the year that transformed Donald Trump from buffoon candidate into president of the United States and sent the globe careening toward the precipice over which it now teeters. It was the year the world began to comprehend how deeply Russian propaganda has penetrated the American psyche. They used a wholly unexpected and lethal weapon — our own irresistible addiction to the Internet.

Opinion

By Sandy Garossino | Opinion, US News, Politics | December 28th 2017