Jane Taber (born 1957) is a

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, former

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and

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host of public affairs programming. Taber was appointed

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under former

Premier of Nova Scotia The premier of Nova Scotia is the first minister to the lieutenant governor of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia and presides over the Executive Council of Nova Scotia. Following the Westminster system, the premier is normally the leader of ...

Iain Rankin Iain Thomas Rankin (born April 9, 1983) is a Canadian politician who served as the 29th premier of Nova Scotia from February 23, 2021, to August 31, 2021. He serves in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly for the Nova Scotia Liberal Party, repr ...

of the

Nova Scotia Liberal Party The Nova Scotia Liberal Party is a centrist provincial political party in Nova Scotia, Canada and the provincial section of the Liberal Party of Canada. The party currently forms the Official Opposition in Nova Scotia, under the leadership of Zach ...

in February 2021.

Career

Political journalism

Taber reported on

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news beginning 1986, working as a parliamentary reporter and columnist for the ''

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'', the ''

National Post The ''National Post'' is a Canadian English-language broadsheet newspaper available in several cities in central and western Canada. The paper is the flagship publication of Postmedia Network and is published Mondays through Saturdays, with ...

'', and ''

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''. For three seasons, from 1995 to 1997, she was the host of a 30-minute-long political affairs show on WTN called ''Jane Taber's Ottawa''. She also co-produced an hour-long documentary on the struggles of women in politics broadcast during the

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. Working under

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's umbrella of companies, Taber was co-host of

CTV Television Network The CTV Television Network, commonly known as CTV, is a Canadian English-language terrestrial television network. Launched in 1961 and acquired by BCE Inc. in 2000, CTV is Canada's largest privately owned television network and is now a divis ...

's ''

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'' with Craig Oliver from 2005 to 2011, while also a senior parliamentary writer at ''The Globe and Mail'''s

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bureau from 2003 to 2012. She relocated to the newspaper's Halifax office in 2012, becoming the Atlantic Bureau Chief. On June 26, 2011, Taber relinquished her role as co-host of ''Question Period'' to Kevin Newman. However, she continued to take part in the program as a regular guest journalist, and acted as a stand-in host for Don Martin on CTV News Channel's ''

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''.

Public relations

Leaving journalism in 2016, Taber entered the

public relations Public relations (PR) is the practice of managing and disseminating information from an individual or an organization (such as a business, government agency, or a nonprofit organization) to the public in order to influence their perception. P ...

field as vice president of public affairs at National Public Relations (Res Publica Consulting Group) in Halifax. Following the resignation of Nova Scotia Premier

Stephen McNeil Stephen McNeil (born November 10, 1964) is a Canadian politician who served as the 28th premier of Nova Scotia, from 2013 to 2021. He also represented the riding of Annapolis in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 2003 to 2021 and was the le ...

, Taber moderated the

's candidate forum for its

2021 Nova Scotia Liberal Party leadership election The 2021 Nova Scotia Liberal Party leadership election took place on February 6 to elect a leader to replace Premier Stephen McNeil, who on August 6, 2020, announced his pending resignation after leading the party since 2007 and returning the p ...

on December 10, 2020. While still Vice President at National Public Relations at that time, Taber was later appointed Director of Communications for the winner of the leadership race, Premier of Nova Scotia Iain Rankin, in February 2021. After Rankin's dramatic loss for the Liberals in the

2021 Nova Scotia general election The 2021 Nova Scotia general election was held on August 17, 2021, to elect members to the 64th General Assembly of Nova Scotia. In April 2019, the Electoral Boundaries Commission released its final report entitled, ''Balancing Effective Represe ...

on August 17, 2021, Taber's role shifted to serve incoming Premier

Tim Houston Timothy Jerome Houston (born April 10, 1970) is a Canadian politician who is the 30th and current premier of Nova Scotia since 2021. He was first elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in the 2013 provincial election. A member of the Pr ...

of the Progressive Conservatives.

Personal life

Educated at

Carleton University Carleton University is an English-language public research university in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1942 as Carleton College, the institution originally operated as a private, non-denominational evening college to serve returning World ...

, Taber was elected to its Board of Directors for a term of three years on July 1, 2019. Taber is married to

editor Editing is the process of selecting and preparing written, photographic, visual, audible, or cinematic material used by a person or an entity to convey a message or information. The editing process can involve correction, condensation, orga ...

David F. Guy of

allNovaScotia allNovaScotia is an online newspaper based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Founded in March 2001 by David Bentley and his daughter Caroline Wood, the subscription news service focuses on business and political news throughout the province. Al ...

, a subscription-based online newspaper. They have two children.

References

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