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 Smith government of Alberta.
His Canada's National Observer columns are regularly highlighted on National Newswatch, and he is a frequent guest on leading podcasts and radio shows. He won the 2023 National Newspaper Award for best columnist, and also picked up a National Magazine Award in 2021 for his columns.
Max's 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.
He lives in Calgary.
Elon Musk’s war on the truth
Emergencies Act Inquiry shines a bright light on police failure
Doug Ford’s use of notwithstanding clause is heavy-handed thuggery
Pierre Poilievre wants to axe the carbon tax. This idea could stop him — and save us
Elon Musk and Twitter's future
Inflation driven by pandemic and Putin’s war evades simplistic political solutions
Danielle Smith’s anti-expert crusade will crash Alberta’s health-care system
BC NDP’s leadership fiasco is a blight on the way we select leaders in Canada
The conservative approach to COVID is killing its supporters
