Daniel Leblanc - The Globe and Mail

Daniel Leblanc

Former StaffReporterParliamentary affairs reporterOttawa

Area of Expertise

Canada-Quebec relations, cannabis, RCMP and procurement

Daniel Leblanc was a staff reporter for The Globe and Mail. He started off at the Ottawa Citizen on a one-year internship before joining the Ottawa bureau of The Globe and Mail in August, 1998. He is the winner of the Charles Lynch Award for outstanding coverage of national affairs from the Canadian Parliamentary Press Gallery (2012); Michener Award (2004); National Newspaper Award (2012) and four citations of merit. He left The Globe in July, 2020.

25

Years in Journalism

Education

BA and MA in political science at the University of Ottawa; has completed the first year of a two-year MA in journalism at Carleton

Honours & Awards

Winner of the Charles Lynch Award for outstanding coverage of national affairs from the Canadian Parliamentary Press Gallery (2012); Michener Award (2004); National Newspaper Award (2012) and four citations of merit

Languages spoken

French and English

Latest articles

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Liberals directing regional-development funding in downtown Montreal and Toronto

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