Diane Marie Francis (born 1946) is an US-born

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and editor-at-large for the ''

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'' newspaper since 1998. She is a non-resident senior fellow at the

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in Washington, D.C., specializing in Eurasia policy and political issues. Since 2021, she has published a

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newsletter twice a week.

Background

Francis was born in

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, Illinois, on 14 November 1946. She immigrated to Canada in 1966 and became a naturalized Canadian citizen. She is married and has two adult children.

Career

Francis was a reporter and columnist with the ''

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'' from 1981 to 1987, then a columnist and director with the ''

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'', ''

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'' and the ''

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'' in 1987 and its editor from 1991 to 1998, when it was taken over by the ''

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Diane Francis
retrieved 31 January 2019 She has been a columnist and editor-at-large at the ''National Post'' since then. She is also a regular contributor to the Atlantic Council, New York Post, the ''

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'', and the ''

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'', as well as newspapers around the world. She is a broadcaster, speaker and author of ten books on Canadian socioeconomic subjects. Francis is a distinguished professor at the Ted Rogers School of Management at

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(formerly Ryerson University) in Toronto. She was a visiting fellow at

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's Shorenstein Center in autumn 2005 and has been a media fellow at the

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. She holds an honorary Doctorate of Commerce from the Saint Mary's University (1997), and an Honorary Doctorate from Ryerson University (2013). In 2019, she received the Tryzub Award as a Friend of Ukraine for her decades of work and anti-corruption activism in that country.

Bibliography

*''Merger of the Century: Why Canada and America Should Become One Country'' (2013),

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*''Who Owns Canada Now'' (2008),

*''Immigration: The Economic Case'' (2002),

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, *''Underground Nation: The Secret Economy and the Future of Canada'' (2002),

, *''BRE-X: The Inside Story – The Stock Swindle That Shocked The World'' (1998), Seal Books, *''Fighting for Canada'' (1996),

, *''A Matter of Survival: Canada in the 21st Century'' (1993),

*''The Diane Francis Inside Guide to Canada's 50 Best Stocks'' (1990),

, *''Contrepreneurs'' (1988), Macmillan of Canada, *''Controlling Interest – Who Owns Canada'' (1986),

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