Lauren Heuser

Class of 2016

Lauren Heuser is a freelance journalist and lawyer. She writes a weekly column for the National Post, and is a member of Flex Legal Network, an association of freelance lawyers. Lauren holds a J.D. from the University of Toronto, Faculty of Law; a B.A. (Hons.) in Literature and Political Science from the University of Manitoba; and is a former Fellow of the Munk School of Global Affairs Fellowship in Global Journalism. Lauren previously worked as an associate in the business law group of an international law firm, where she practiced primarily in the areas of energy and environmental law, regulatory law, and project finance.

Clippings

  • 2016
  • National Post

Should the government rethink the way it deals with charities?

  • 2016
  • National Post

How Canadian courts are eroding their own authority

  • 2016
  • National Post

Bilingualism shouldn’t be a requirement for Supreme Court judges

  • 2016
  • National Post

When it comes to settling aboriginal land claims in a timely manner, the system’s the problem

  • 2016
  • National Post

Only the feds can really fix housing in Canada

  • 2016
  • National Post

The Liberals are making pipeline politics even worse

  • 2016
  • The Boston Globe

Rob Ford’s sound and fury

  • 2016
  • National Post

Keeping politicians honest through better conflict of interest laws

  • 2016
  • National Post

Arm our drones, but then update our laws

  • 2016
  • TVO

Are Canada’s high-profile trade missions worth the cost?

  • 2016
  • National Post

TransCanada vs. the U.S. government

  • 2016
  • National Post

Don’t compensate cabbies

  • 2016
  • The Globe and Mail

Would competition authorities choose to flag down Uber?

  • 2016
  • The Globe and Mail

What the Liberals got wrong about their MMIW inquiry first steps

  • 2016
  • Vice 

Liberals Are Starting to Dismantle the Conservatives’ Legal Legacy in Canada

  • 2016
  • National Post

Get politics out of our inquiries

  • 2016
  • National Post

A new financial oversight law for prominent Canadians makes perfect sense