Tasha Kheiriddin

Tasha Kheiriddin
Born (1970-06-25) June 25, 1970
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Nationality Canadian
Occupation Policy analyst, pundit, author

Tasha Kheiriddin (born June 25, 1970)[1] is a conservative Canadian media personality, public policy analyst and commentator.

Early life and education

Kheiriddin was born and raised in Montreal and earned a law degree from McGill University.

Career

After practising law in Montreal, she moved to Toronto, where she served as legislative assistant to the Attorney General of Ontario. Kheiriddin was president of the Progressive Conservative Youth Federation of Canada from 1995 to 1998.[2] She subsequently worked as a television producer at CBC Newsworld and a host and producer on the Cable Public Affairs Channel.[2]

Kheiriddin was the Ontario director for the Canadian Taxpayers Federation for several years before returning to Quebec to join the Montreal Economic Institute, a free-market think tank.[2] She then worked as the director for Quebec in the Montreal office of the Fraser Institute.[3]

From 2011-12, she hosted a Sunday afternoon talk show on Newstalk 1010 and then a business and politics television program, National Affairs, airing weekdays on CTV News Channel.[4] She wrote for the National Post from 2010–16, and served on its editorial board from 2010-11.[5]

She is the host of The Tasha Kheiriddin Show[6] on CFMJ in Toronto and a commentator on CBC News and RDI and Global Television. She also writes for iPolitics magazine.[7]

Works

In November 2005 she co-wrote Rescuing Canada’s Right: Blueprint for a Conservative Revolution, with journalist Adam Daifallah.[2]

Recognition

The Canadian Bar Association recognized her in 2003 with the Justicia Award for Excellence in Journalism for her television program, Legal Talk.[8]

In 2012 she was recognized by the Montreal Economic Institute for her contribution to economic education in the media.[9]

She was named one of Canada's "Top 100 Most Powerful Women" by the WXN Network (Women's Executive Network) in 2016.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Jerry Agar Podcast". Media.newstalk1010.com (Podcast). June 25, 2012. Archived from the original on December 3, 2013. Retrieved June 28, 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Macleans 50: Tasha Kheiriddin". Macleans. February 2007. Archived from the original on 24 December 2007. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  3. ↑ "Fraser Institute". Fraser Institute. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  4. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-05-19. Retrieved 2012-05-15.
  5. ↑ "Tasha Kheiriddin". National Post. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  6. ↑ "Tasha Kheiriddin - Global News". Global News. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  7. ↑ "How Rachael Harder became a prop in a virtue-signalling contest". Ipolitics.ca. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  8. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-06-14. Retrieved 2010-03-05.
  9. ↑ "The Montreal Economic Institute rewards economic education in the media". IEDM. 11 December 2012. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  10. ↑ "WXN Unveils 2016 Canada's Most Powerful Women: Top 100 to Celebrate and Inspire Female Leaders - At WXN we inspire smart women to lead". Wxnetwork.com. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
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