Andrew Coyne Keynote Speaker

Leading Canadian political journalist
Political columnist at the National Post (1998-2007, 2011-present)
National Editor, Maclean’s magazine (2007-11)

Andrew Coyne's Biography

Andrew Coyne is a prominent Canadian commentator on political and economic policy-making issues.

Andrew was part of the team that launched the National Post in 1998, and was the paper’s first national affairs columnist. He recently rejoined the National Post, after a stint with Maclean’s magazine where he was national editor and a columnist from 2007 to 2011.

Previously, Andrew worked for Southam News (now CanWest News Service) as a nationally syndicated columnist from 1996 to 1998, and as an editor for The Globe and Mail, covering Canadian politics from 1991 to 1996. While at the Globe, he had a regular column and won two consecutive National Newspaper Awards for editorial writing. From 1985 to 1991 he worked as a columnist for the Financial Post.

Andrew’s work has also appeared in The Wall Street Journal, National Review, Saturday Night, the Canadian edition of Time and other publications. He frequently appears on TVO’s The Agenda, and is a member of the At Issue panel on CBC.