Lorne Gunter

Lorne Gunter is a senior columnist at the Edmonton Journal, where he has worked for the past eight years and published more than 1,300 columns. A former Managing Editor of the now defunct Alberta Report, Lorne began his journalism career there in 1991, covering federal and provincial politics.

An occasional panelist on the CBC's The National, Lorne is a regular contributor of commentaries for both CBC Radio and Global Television, as well as for several private radio services. He has published essays and opinion pieces in various newspapers and magazines, including the Globe and Mail, Readers' Digest, National Review, the Weekly Standard and others.

He is currently the editorial director of the Canadian Centre for Libertarian Studies, a member of the editorial board of conservativeforum.org and the incoming president of Civitas—a society for conservative and libertarian academics, think-tankers, lobbyists and journalists. A native of Medicine Hat, Alberta, Lorne is a graduate of the University of Alberta, is married and has two young children.

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