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.
The coming oil boom will be Alberta's last — but could still help Jason Kenney
Jason Kenney's impotent inquiry is more dangerous than it looks
Stop trying to elect senators, Alberta
Doug Ford uses the constitutional nuclear option — and the fallout could spread everywhere
Canada has an Islamophobia problem — and conservatives are at the root of it
Make the Catholic Church pay for its role in residential schools
Jason Kenney hates cancel culture. Is that because he knows he'll eventually get cancelled?
Jason Kenney’s risky Calgary Stampede gamble
Tapper's Trumpian Canadian faux pas
