James Andrew Coyne (born December 23, 1960) is a

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columnist with ''

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'' and a member of the ''At Issue'' panel on CBC's '' The National''. Previously, he has been national editor for ''

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'' and a

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with ''

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''.

Early life and education

Coyne was born in Ottawa, Ontario, the son of Hope Meribeth Cameron (née Stobie) and

James Elliott Coyne James Elliott Coyne, (July 17, 1910 – October 12, 2012) was the second Governor of the Bank of Canada, from 1955 to 1961, succeeding Graham Towers. During his time in office, he had a much-publicized debate with Prime Minister John Diefe ...

, who was governor of the

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from 1955 to 1961. His paternal great-grandfather was historian and lawyer

James Henry Coyne James Henry Coyne, (October 3, 1849 – January 5, 1942) was a Canadian lawyer and historian. Born in St. Thomas, Canada West (now Ontario), the second son of William Coyne and Christina Patterson, Coyne graduated from University College ...

. His sister is actress

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. He is also the cousin of constitutional lawyer

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, who is the mother of

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's youngest child. Coyne graduated from Kelvin High School in

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. Coyne studied at the

University of Manitoba The University of Manitoba (U of M, UManitoba, or UM) is a Canadian public research university in the province of Manitoba.The Manitoban'' student newspaper. He also spent two years reporting for the '' Winnipeg Sun''. In 1981, Coyne transferred to the University of Toronto's

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, where his classmates included

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Malcolm Gladwell Malcolm Timothy Gladwell (born 3 September 1963) is an English-born Canadian journalist, author, and public speaker. He has been a staff writer for ''The New Yorker'' since 1996. He has published seven books: '' The Tipping Point: How Little ...

Tony Clement Tony Peter Clement (born January 27, 1961) is a Canadian former federal politician and former Member of Parliament for Parry Sound—Muskoka in Ontario. Before entering federal politics, Clement served as an Ontario cabinet minister, including ...

, Nigel Wright,

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, and author and political strategist John Duffy. He received a BA in economics and history from Trinity. Coyne then went to the

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, where he received his

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degree in economics.

Career

After a six-year period as a ''

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'' columnist from 1985 to 1991, Coyne joined '' The Globe and Mail's'' editorial board. There, Coyne won two consecutive National Newspaper Awards for his work. He had a regular column in the ''Globe'' between 1994 and 1996, when he joined Southam News (later

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) as a nationally syndicated columnist. Coyne became a columnist with the ''

'' – the successor to the ''Financial Post'' – when it launched in 1998. Coyne left the ''Post'' in 2007 to work at ''

.'' Coyne left ''Maclean's'' in 2011 to return to the ''Post'' as a columnist. In December 2014, he was appointed to the position of Editor, Editorials and Comment. After years of writing a weekly Saturday column, Coyne's contribution was absent from the edition published just prior to the

2015 Canadian federal election The 2015 Canadian federal election held on October 19, 2015, saw the Liberal Party, led by Justin Trudeau, win 184 seats, allowing it to form a majority government with Trudeau becoming the next prime minister. The election was held to elect ...

, because the column he wanted to submit called for a vote against the

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while the Post's editorial board had endorsed the Conservatives. While Coyne was the head of the editorial board, the decision to endorse the Conservatives was made by the newspaper's publisher

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. On election day, Coyne announced that as a result of the paper refusing to run his election column, he was resigning as the Post's editorial page and comment editor but would remain as a columnist. Coyne has also been published in ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Saturday Night'', the now-defunct Canadian edition of ''

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'', and other publications. Coyne has also written for the conservative magazine ''The Next City.'' Coyne has been a longtime member of the '' At Issue'' panel on CBC's '' The National'', where he appeared as early as 2012 in the day of Peter Mansbridge. His role on the panel hosted by CBC Chief Political Correspondent

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has made him a household name appearing every Thursday evening alongside panelists

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and

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. In November 2019, Coyne announced that he would henceforth be employed by ''The Globe and Mail''.

Views

Coyne has said that he considers the political labels "

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" and "

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" to be "tribes" of "self-quarantine." He has endorsed a strong

federal government A federation (also known as a federal state) is a political entity characterized by a union of partially self-governing provinces, states, or other regions under a central federal government ( federalism). In a federation, the self-gover ...

, more market based economic solutions, and a stronger role for Canada in the

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. Coyne is also a proponent of

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in the

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and believes Canada should remain a

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rather than become a

republic A republic () is a " state in which power rests with the people or their representatives; specifically a state without a monarchy" and also a "government, or system of government, of such a state." Previously, especially in the 17th and 18th ...

. He has parodied politicians who apologize vaguely, deflect blame, and ask for forgiveness for their mistakes, rather than accept the consequences of their actions.

Honours

Scholastic

;Honorary degrees

Awards

References

External links

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