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Christina Spencer
Last published April 2025 · On our record since 2010
Where this writer stands
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Recent work
- Who won the English-language leaders' debate?Opinion · Ottawa Citizen · Apr 18, 2025
- Editorial: Elizabeth II — her special magic will be deeply missedOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Sep 8, 2022
- Scott: Ontario’s school period product program fails those who need it mostOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Jun 22, 2022
- Cloutier and Shipley: Canada’s health-care cybersecurity is in critical conditionOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Dec 13, 2021
- Spencer: COVID-19 is a media eclipse like no other – and rightly soOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Apr 16, 2020
- Spencer: COVID-19 is a media eclipse like no other – and rightly soOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Apr 16, 2020
- Spencer: COVID-19 lays bare the horrible inadequacy of elder care in OntarioOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Apr 10, 2020
- Spencer: COVID-19 lays bare the horrible inadequacy of elder care in OntarioOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Apr 10, 2020
- Spencer: COVID-19 lays bare the horrible inadequacy of elder care in OntarioOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Apr 10, 2020
- Spencer: Human connections are how journalism works – in normal times. COVID-19 is changing the rulesOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Apr 3, 2020
- Spencer: Human connections are how journalism works – in normal times. COVID-19 is changing the rulesOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Apr 3, 2020
- Spencer: 175 years of covering news – but COVID-19 is uncharted territoryOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Mar 29, 2020
- Spencer: 175 years of covering news – but COVID-19 is uncharted territoryOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Mar 29, 2020
- Spencer: 175 years of covering news – but COVID-19 is uncharted territoryOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Mar 27, 2020
- Spencer: For Mother's Day, reflections on a parent's 92 years of life, well livedOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · May 9, 2019
- Spencer: In praise of the obituary – remarkable lives, unexpectedly sharedOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Jul 13, 2018
- Spencer: Don't boycott the Americans, engage themOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Jun 14, 2018
- Spencer: Don't boycott the Americans, engage themOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Jun 14, 2018
- Spencer: A fairytale wedding in Witless BayOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Feb 9, 2018
- Spencer: Are we finally putting onus for harassment where it belongs? MaybeOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Oct 24, 2017
- Spencer: Are we finally putting onus for harassment where it belongs? MaybeOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Oct 24, 2017
- Spencer: Lessons in disaster from the failing Phoenix pay planOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Oct 9, 2017
- Spencer: Lessons in disaster from the failing Phoenix pay planOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Oct 9, 2017
- Spencer: No, Hugh Hefner didn't bring enlightenment about sexualityOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Sep 28, 2017
- Spencer: Taking The Knee – as told by a CanadianOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Sep 25, 2017
- Spencer: Taking The Knee – as told by a CanadianOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Sep 24, 2017
- Spencer: Who's targeting our diplomats? Don't ask Global Affairs CanadaOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Sep 21, 2017
- Spencer: Who's targeting our diplomats? Don't ask Global Affairs CanadaOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Sep 21, 2017
- Spencer: Who's targeting our diplomats? Don't ask Global Affairs CanadaOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Sep 21, 2017
- Spencer: Irma is the latest reason Canada should clarify its consular dutiesOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Sep 12, 2017
- Spencer: Hurricane Irma and our duty to travellersOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Sep 11, 2017
- Spencer: The Citizen in 1967 – That 'rough first draft of history' had its quirksOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Jun 29, 2017
- Spencer: So much for more open government under the LiberalsOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Jun 11, 2017
- Spencer: So much for open government under the LiberalsOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Jun 10, 2017
- Spencer: Mother's Day lessons from our remarkable eldersOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · May 11, 2017
- Spencer: Mother's Day lessons from our remarkable eldersOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · May 11, 2017
- Spencer: Mother's Day lessons from our remarkable eldersOpinion · Montreal Gazette · May 10, 2017
- Spencer: Guess what happens when senators get to do whatever they want?Opinion · Ottawa Citizen · Apr 27, 2017
- Spencer: When senators feel their wild oatsOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Apr 26, 2017
- Spencer: The impact of marijuana will spread like, uh, weedOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Apr 20, 2017
- Spencer: Let's salute 100 years of personal income tax, shall we?Opinion · Ottawa Citizen · Apr 13, 2017
- Spencer: Let's program all those robots to refuse government handoutsOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Mar 30, 2017
- Spencer: Should we have democracy on Fridays?Opinion · Ottawa Citizen · Mar 23, 2017
- Spencer: The confounding dilemmas of free speechOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Mar 16, 2017
- Spencer: The confounding dilemmas of free speechOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Mar 16, 2017
- Spencer: Hey, watch what you say about freedom of speechOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Mar 2, 2017
- Spencer: The war on opioids forgets those who actually need these drugsOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Feb 23, 2017
- Spencer: Islamophobia motion has been reduced to an exercise in cynicismOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Feb 16, 2017
- Islamophobia debate gets cynicalOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Feb 15, 2017
- ICYMI: Refugees, Trump, travellers' troubles and those RussiansOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Feb 12, 2017
- Spencer: From lost passports to international kidnappings, consular policy needs a refresherOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Feb 9, 2017
- Spencer: Yes, Trump's a loose cannon, but that doesn't mean we should go in guns a-blazingOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Feb 2, 2017
- Trump's a loose cannon. Let's not imitate himOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Feb 1, 2017
- Spencer: Monsef, marches, misogyny – where do women go now?Opinion · Ottawa Citizen · Jan 26, 2017
- Spencer: Behind Mary Tyler Moore's smile, some real biteOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Jan 24, 2017
- Behind Mary Tyler Moore's smile, some real biteOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Jan 23, 2017
- Spencer: Human rights, women and science and why the press is under fireOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Jan 22, 2017
- Spencer: Presidential campaign corruption? Put it behind you until next timeOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Jan 19, 2017
- Spencer: There's no such thing as a benign ethics breachOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Jan 12, 2017
- Spencer: The Force was strong in these characters, whatever your politically correct view may beOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Dec 27, 2016