Tasha Kheiriddin

Tasha Kheiriddin
Born (1970-06-25) June 25, 1970 (age 54)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Occupations
Political party

Tasha Kheiriddin (born 1970) is a Canadian public affairs commentator, consultant, lawyer, policy analyst and writer.

Early life and education

Born on June 25, 1970, Kheiriddin was born and raised in Montreal and earned a law degree from McGill University.[1]

Career

Kheiriddin began her career as a litigation lawyer for Spiegel Sohmer in Montreal where she practiced for three years.[citation needed]

After practising law in Montreal, she moved to Toronto, where she was 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 to 2012, 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 served on the editorial board for the National Post from 2010 to 2011.[5]

She hosted The Tasha Kheiriddin Show on CFMJ in Toronto.[6] She is also a faculty member at McGill University's Max Bell School of Public Policy and has lectured in politics at the university.[7] In 2022 she served as co-chair for Jean Charest's bid for the Conservative Party Leadership.[8]

Works

In November 2005 she co-wrote Rescuing Canada’s Right: Blueprint for a Conservative Revolution, with journalist Adam Daifallah.[2] In 2022 she published The Right Path: How Conservatives Can Unite, Inspire and Take Canada Forward.[9]

Recognition

The Canadian Bar Association recognized her in 2003 with the Justicia Award for Excellence in Journalism for her television program, Legal Talk.[10]

In 2016 she was ranked amongst Canada's most powerful women by the W network. [11]

In 2012 she was recognized by the Montreal Economic Institute for her contribution to economic education in Canadian media.[12]

References

  1. ^ "Tasha Kheiriddin". Max Bell School of Public Policy. Retrieved 2022-12-06.
  2. ^ a b c d "Maclean's 50: Tasha Kheiriddin". Maclean's. February 2007. Archived from the original on 24 December 2007. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  3. ^ "Fraser Institute". Fraser Institute. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  4. ^ "Tasha Kheiriddin, National Affairs Anchor, CTV NEWS CHANNEL". 4 October 2011. 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. ^ "Max Bell Teaching Faculty - Tasha Kheiriddin".
  8. ^ Guly, Christopher (2022-05-04). "Family is the guidepost for Charest campaign co-chair Tasha Kheiriddin". The Hill Times. Retrieved 2022-07-24.
  9. ^ Kheiriddin, Tasha (2022). The Right Path: How Conservatives Can Unite, Inspire and Take Canada Forward. Optimum Publishing International. ISBN 978-0888903310.
  10. ^ "Call for Entries for Fifth Annual Justicia Awards". Archived from the original on 2011-06-14. Retrieved 2010-03-05.
  11. ^ "GlobalNews - Staff Personalities | Tasha Kheiriddin". Global News. Retrieved 2023-02-07.
  12. ^ "The Montreal Economic Institute rewards economic education in the media". IEDM. 11 December 2012. Retrieved 11 October 2017.