Jonathan Kay on Canadian Identity

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Even though the idea of leftism has lost its meaning, many people feel that 
somehow its at the core of Canadian identity and conservatism is alien to Canada

Jonathan Kay is comment pages editor of the National Post . In 2002, he was awarded Canada's National Newspaper Award for Critical Writing. In 2004, he received  a National Newspaper Award for Editorial Writing.  

Jonathan Kay was born and raised in Montreal. He graduated from McGill University in 1992 with a bachelor's degree in metallurgincal engineering, economics and Japanese language . In 1994  he received  a Master's Degree in Metallurgical Engineering . He continued at Yale Law School, where he received his law degree in 1997. 

Before joining National Post, Jonathan worked as a lawyer with the New York City office of Goodman Phillips Vineberg.  His forthcoming book, to be published in 2010 by HarperCollins, is "Among the Truthers: Alternative Theories of 9/11 and the People Who Believe Them."

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