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- Warren Kinsella should not be confused with Canadian author W. P. Kinsella.
J. Warren Kinsella, (born August 1960 in Montreal, Quebec), is a Toronto-based Canadian lawyer, author, musician, political consultant, lobbyist and commentator.
Education and Career History
After receiving a bachelor's degree in journalism from Carleton University, Kinsella worked as a reporter at the Ottawa Citizen newspaper. He subsequently earned a law degree from the University of Calgary and was employed by the Bay Street law firm McMillan Binch and by the Navigator lobbying firm. Kinsella is currently part of the Daisy Consulting Group.
Politics
Kinsella worked as a staffer in opposition leader Jean Chrétien's office, as a strategy advisor in the Canadian federal Liberal Party's 1993 election campaign "task force", and as chief of staff to federal Public Works minister David Dingwall. In his book Kicking Ass in Canadian Politics, Kinsella describes how he cultivates the image of "Liberal attack dog", and the "James Carville" and "Prince of Darkness" of Canadian politics. Kinsella gained national exposure during the 2000 federal election when, acting on a plan devised by Liberal campaign staffer Sophie Galarneau , he appeared on television brandishing a toy Barney dinosaur to highlight Stockwell Day's creationist beliefs. Kinsella ran as a Liberal candidate in the 1997 federal election in the riding of North Vancouver and lost.
Kinsella was a vocal supporter of Prime Minister Jean Chrétien. He criticized the Paul Martin Liberal campaign several times in the 2004 federal election, and 2006 election.
While a practicing Roman Catholic, he is a member of the board of the Canada Israel Committee.
Kinsella and Gomery
Kinsella was, and remains, highly critical of the Gomery Inquiry into the federal sponsorship program. The program came into existence two years after Kinsella left government service, but the former Chretien aide often publicly defended Chretien's role in the affair, and attacked Judge Gomery for alleged bias. After writing to request an opportunity to appear before the inquiry, Kinsella was a witness at the Gomery Commission and frequently derired Judge Gomery on his web site and in the media. He also successfully sued one of his persistent online critics, blogger Mark Bourrie, over a post by Bourrie regarding Kinsella's role in the affair . Kinsella's lawyer argued, "The way in which it was written leaves it to the reader to conclude that Mr. Kinsella was a participant in the kickback scandal and he was not". Bourrie issued an apology and made a payment in settlement: "The manner in which my January 14, 2006 blog entry was worded made it seem that Mr. Kinsella had been a party to illegal conduct when this was clearly not the case. I apologize without reservation to Mr. Kinsella for that error on my part."
Writing
Kinsella has written five books: Unholy Alliances (Lester, 1992); Web of Hate (HarperCollins, 1994); Party Favours (HarperCollins, 1997); Kicking Ass in Canadian Politics (Random House, 2001); Fury's Hour: A (sort-of) Punk-Rock Manifesto (Random House, 2005). Kinsella is media columnist for the National Post. In late 2000, he established a weblog, "Latest Musings".
External links
- National Post (date of copyright unknown). Warren Kinsella leaving McMillan Binch for Navigator Ltd (Google Cache). Retrieved from Google Cache Apr 30, 2006.
- Daisy Consulting Group (2006). Daisy?. Retrieved June 30, 2006.
- see Paul Wells article 2001
- Canada-Israel Committee (2006). Board of Directors. Retrieved June 30, 2006.
- Warrenkinsella.com (2006). Latest Musings June 2006. Retrieved June 30, 2006.