Contributors
Your guide to the people behind the ideas that make The Hub an essential platform for anyone seeking an alternative to conventional thinking.
Contributing Writers
Howard Anglin
Howard Anglin: Conservatives must stop putting up with Canada's obviously biased national institutions
View moreJoanna Baron
Joanna Baron: Enough already. It’s time to amend the Canada Health Act
View moreAndrew Evans
Andrew Evans: Pierre Poilievre is right. We need tariffs on Chinese EVs and other goods to protect Canadian jobs
View moreDavid Frum
David Frum: 'Hamas started the war. Let Israel finish it'
View moreDerrick Hunter
Derrick Hunter: Une croissance plus lente, moins d’emplois, une détérioration de l’économie : les conséquences de l’impôt sur les gains en capital ne doivent pas être ignorées
View moreMalcolm Jolley
Malcolm Jolley: Did we just discover a perfect wine?
View moreMichael Kempa
Michael Kempa: Canada cannot become complacent about terrorism when ISIS and others are still active threats
View moreKirk LaPointe
Kirk LaPointe: We're down the homestretch, and the B.C. election is still anyone's to win
View moreEric Lombardi
Eric Lombardi: Canada can no longer afford to ignore its ‘soft corruption’ problem
View morePatrick Luciani
Patrick Luciani: What Blaise Pascal and Elon Musk have in common
View morePeter Menzies
Peter Menzies: Note to the Liberals: you don’t have to be authoritarian to protect against online harms
View moreAlicia Planincic
Alicia Planincic: The U.S. economy continues to defy the odds—but where does that leave Canada?
View moreKaren Restoule
Karen Restoule: Indigenous Peoples are on a path to prosperity—will the government help or hinder us on our way?
View moreGinny Roth
Ginny Roth: Enough with the impractical policies. Canada must embrace climate policy realism
View moreRichard Shimooka
Richard Shimooka: Enough with the missed deadlines and massive overspending. Here's how to fix Canada's military procurement problems
View moreDave Snow
Dave Snow: The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal will not be able to handle the deluge of cases from the Online Harms Act
View moreTrevor Tombe
Trevor Tombe: Why boosting old age security would be a costly mistake
View moreOther Writers
Antony Anderson
Antony Anderson: Lucy Maud Montgomery, the 'magazine hack' who gave us a Canadian cultural icon
View morePaul W. Bennett
Paul W. Bennett: Inclusive education is an illusion in post-pandemic schools. Too often, it's simply giving up on kids
View moreBrian Bird
Brian Bird: Unlike the Paris Olympics organizers, we should learn from Christianity, not mock it
View moreJanet Bufton
Janet Bufton: Temporary foreign workers are not to blame for Canada’s economic woes
View moreLivio Di Matteo
DeepDive: Canada has more doctors than ever before. Here's why it doesn't feel like it
View moreCaroline Elliott
Caroline Elliott: Public interest comes second with B.C.’s Haida agreement
View moreKelden Formosa
Kelden Formosa: The rise of Canada's gay conservatives
View moreKristopher Kinsinger
Kristopher Kinsinger: The Liberals still have no good justification for their thought crime law
View moreAmanda Lang
Amanda Lang: What happens when politics eclipse policy? Just ask Jason Kenney and Kathleen Wynne
View moreMike Moffatt
Mike Moffatt: My remarks to the federal cabinet on housing, immigration, and the temporary foreign worker program
View moreAaron Pete
Aaron Pete: Indigenous communities are paying a heavy price for political correctness
View moreMike Ramsay
Mike Ramsay: Divisive DEI ideology is harming our students. It's time to ditch it
View moreJ.D.M. Stewart
J.D.M. Stewart: Canadian history matters. It's time the government acted like it
View moreZahra Sultani
Zahra Sultani: If you can’t handle the party nomination heat, get out of the kitchen
View moreHoward Anglin
Howard Anglin is a doctoral student at Oxford University. He was previously Deputy Chief of Staff to Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Principal Secretary to the Premier of Alberta, Jason Kenney, and a lawyer in New York, London, and Washington, DC.
Joanna Baron
Joanna Baron is Executive Director of the Canadian Constitution Foundation, a legal charity that protects constitutional freedoms in courts of law and public opinion. Previously, she was the founding National Director of the Runnymede Society and a criminal defence litigator in Toronto. She studied Classics at St John’s College in MD and NM and law at McGill University.
Andrew Evans
Andrew is a Master’s student at Columbia University, where he is also a research assistant at the Center on Global Energy Policy.
David Frum
David Frum is a leading author, journalist, public intellectual, and staff writer at the Atlantic. He previously worked as a speechwriter for former President George W. Bush and chaired for the think tank Policy Exchange.
Derrick Hunter
Derrick Hunter is the CEO of Bluesky Equities Ltd. a private diversified investment management company. He was named Canadian Angel Investor of the Year for 2019. He is also a trustee of the Hunter Family Foundation, which underwrites The Hunter Prize for Public Policy at The Hub.
Malcolm Jolley
Malcolm Jolley is a roving wine and food journalist, beagler, and professional house guest. Based mostly in Toronto, he publishes a sort of wine club newsletter at mjwinebox.com.
Michael Kempa
Michael Kempa is a criminologist with the spirit of an investigative journalist. He focuses on exposing the politics behind policing, security and criminal justice operations, policies and reforms. Based out of the University of Ottawa, he has contributed to The Hub, The National Post, CBC, Walrus Magazine, and others. He once sought a federal Liberal nomination in his native Scarborough, Ontario, but was saved from (Liberal) party politics by the arrival of a higher-profile leader-endorsed candidate.
Kirk LaPointe
Kirk LaPointe is The Hub‘s B.C. Correspondent. He is a transplanted Ontarian to British Columbia. Before he left, he ran CTV News, Southam News and the Hamilton Spectator. He also helped launch the National Post as its first executive editor, was a day-one host on CBC Newsworld, and ran the Ottawa bureau of The Canadian Press. His B.C. experiences include being managing editor of the Vancouver Sun, the English-language ombudsman of the CBC, and most recently the publisher and editor-in-chief of Business in Vancouver and vice-president editorial of its parent company, Glacier Media. He ran and finished second for the Vancouver mayoralty in 2014. He has taught for two decades at the UBC School of Journalism and now writes columns for Glacier Media.
Eric Lombardi
Eric Lombardi stands at the forefront of urban development and advocacy as the founder and president of More Neighbours Toronto, a volunteer organization committed to ending the housing crisis. Professionally, he specializes in strategy management consulting in the finance and technology sectors.
Patrick Luciani
Patrick Luciani is a writer and book reviewer for The Hub and former executive director of the Donner Canadian Foundation.
Peter Menzies
Peter Menzies is a Senior Fellow with The Macdonald-Laurier Institute, a former newspaper executive, and past vice chair of the CRTC.
Jack Mitchell
Jack Mitchell (www.jackmitchell.ca) is a poet and scholar based in Halifax, where he is an associate professor of Classics at Dalhousie. His latest book, “The Odyssey of Star Wars: an Epic Poem”, a retelling of the original Star Wars film trilogy, was published in September 2021 by Abrams Books.
Alicia Planincic
Alicia Planincic is the Director of Policy & Economics at the Business Council of Alberta. She regularly provides insight and analysis on the Canadian economy, public finances, labour markets, equity and social mobility, and public policy.
Karen Restoule
Karen Restoule is a vice president at Crestview Strategy and senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute focused on Indigenous economic and governance policy. She previously served First Nations leadership at Chiefs of Ontario. Karen is Ojibwe from Dokis First Nation.
Ginny Roth
Ginny Roth is a Partner at Crestview Strategy and a long-time conservative activist who most recently served as the Director of Communications on Pierre Poilievre’s Conservative leadership campaign.
Richard Shimooka
Richard Shimooka is a Hub contributing writer and a senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute who writes on defence policy.
Dave Snow
Dave Snow is an Associate professor in political science at the University of Guelph and a senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute.
Trevor Tombe
Trevor Tombe is a professor of economics at the University of Calgary and a research fellow at The School of Public Policy.
Antony Anderson
Antony Anderson is the author of “The Diplomat: Lester Pearson and the Suez Crisis” and is a senior fellow at the Bill Graham Centre for Contemporary International History. He writes documentaries for various national and international broadcasters. You can find him on X @CanadaHistory1.
Paul W. Bennett
Paul W. Bennett, Ed.D., is Director, Schoolhouse Institute, Adjunct Professor of Education, Saint Mary’s University, and Chair of researchED Canada. He is author of The State of the System: A Reality Check on Canada’s Schools (2020) and the research report Pandemic Education Fallout: Learning Loss, Collateral Damage and Recovery in Canada’s Schools (Cardus Canada, November 2023).
Brian Bird
Brian Bird is a lecturer at the Peter A. Allard School of Law at the University of British Columbia.
Janet Bufton
Janet Bufton is a founder of the Institute for Liberal Studies. She holds degrees in business, economics, and international affairs, which she has somehow managed to turn towards work as an Ottawa-based educational consultant and copy editor.
Livio Di Matteo
Livio Di Matteo is a contributor to The Hub, Professor of Economics at Lakehead University, and a Member of the Canadian Institute for Health Information National Health Expenditure Advisory Group.
Caroline Elliott
Caroline Elliott is a PhD Candidate at SFU, a commentator, and a candidate for B.C. United. Views expressed here are her own.
Kelden Formosa
Kelden Formosa is an elementary school teacher in Calgary. He has an M.Ed. from the University of Notre Dame.
Kristopher Kinsinger
Kristopher Kinsinger is a Guelph-based lawyer and adjunct lecturer at Redeemer University in Hamilton. He is a past national director of the Runnymede Society, where he now services as a vice-president.
Amanda Lang
Amanda Lang is an award-winning business journalist, the current host of Taking Stock on Bell Media, a best-selling author, and a senior fellow at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy.
Mike Moffatt
Mike Moffatt is the senior director of the Smart Prosperity Institute and co-host of the podcast The Missing Middle.
Aaron Pete
Aaron Pete is a graduate of the Peter A. Allard School of Law at the University of British Columbia. He is also a council member with Chawathil First Nation, the manager of strategic relationships with Metis Nation British Columbia, and the host of the Bigger Than Me Podcast.
Mike Ramsay
Mike Ramsay is a school trustee and past chair of the Waterloo Region District School Board. He is also a former soldier and police officer. His opinions are his own.
J.D.M. Stewart
J.D.M. Stewart taught history for 30 years and is the author of Being Prime Minister. He now leads JDM Policy and Communications.
Zahra Sultani
Zahra Sultani is a native of Afghanistan, born and raised in Iran. She has more than 10 years of experience in both the public and private sectors working on local, national, and international policies. She also writes about geopolitics and social issues in the Middle East and Central Asia. She studied economics at York University and philosophy and political science at Wilfrid Laurier University.