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'''Warren James Kinsella''' (born August 1962)<ref>https://x.com/kinsellawarren/status/1847479327266308421</ref> is a ] lawyer, author, musician, ], and ]. Kinsella has written commentary in most of Canada's major newspapers and several magazines, including '']'', the '']'', '']'', the ''],'' '']'', and ] newspapers. He appeared regularly on the ]. Kinsella is the founder of the Daisy Consulting Group, a Toronto-based firm that engages in paid political campaign strategy work, lobbying and communications crisis management.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/the-prince-of-darkness-is-back-in-the-liberal-fold/|title=The "Prince of Darkness" is back in the Liberal fold - Macleans.ca|website=www.macleans.ca|date=April 10, 2009|access-date=2019-11-15}}</ref><ref name="policyoptions.irpp.org">{{Cite web|url=https://policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/border-security/harper-vs-the-press-gallery-the-frog-and-the-scorpion/|title=Harper vs. the Press Gallery: the frog and the scorpion|website=Policy Options|access-date=2019-11-18}}</ref>
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==Early life and education==
'''J. Warren Kinsella,''' (born August ] in ], ]), is a Toronto-based ] ], ], ], ], ] and ].
Kinsella is the son of physician and medical ethicist ], founder of the National Council on Ethics in Human Research (NCEHR).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ccac.ca/en/Publications/PUBLICAT/Annualre/Annual01(2).htm|title=National Council on Ethics in Human Research}}</ref> He attended ] from 1980 to 1984, earning a Bachelor of Journalism.{{cn|date=December 2024}}


==Career==
==Education and career history==
In the 1980s, Kinsella was a reporter at the '']'' and later the '']''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Warren Kinsella investigates punk, neo-Nazis and murder in first work of fiction |url=https://calgaryherald.com/entertainment/books/warren-kinsella-investigates-punk-neo-nazis-and-murder-in-first-work-of-fiction |website=calgaryherald.com |language=en-CA}}</ref>
After receiving a bachelor's degree in journalism from Carleton University, Kinsella worked at the '']'' newspaper. He subsequently earned a law degree from the University of Calgary and was a partner at the law firm McMillan Binch.<ref> National Post (date of copyright unknown). ''''. Retrieved from Google Cache Apr 30, 2006.</ref> He left McMillan Binch in 2002 to work for the Toronto-based lobbying firm Navigator. <ref> National Post, 2002. ''''. Retrieved July 3, 2006</ref> In April 2006, Kinsella launched his own political consulting firm, the Daisy Consulting Group. Kinsella is also a media columnist for the '']''.


Later, as a lawyer, Kinsella was a partner in the law firm ].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Warren Kinsella, Chain Bidco Plc: Profile and Biography|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/person/3943447|access-date=2020-10-12|website=Bloomberg.com|language=en}}</ref> He left the legal firm in 2002 and co-founded the consulting firm, Navigator.<ref name="theglobeandmail.com" /> In 2006, he left to found his own agency, Daisy Consulting Group, a Toronto-based firm that engages in paid political advertising, lobbying and communications crisis management.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.daisygroup.ca/#!whoweare/c1enr|title=WHO WE ARE|website=Daisy Group|access-date=2016-05-28}}</ref>
==Politics==
Kinsella worked as a staffer in opposition leader ]'s office, a strategy advisor in the Canadian federal ]'s ] "task force", and chief of staff to federal Public Works minister David Dingwall.
In his book ''Kicking Ass in Canadian Politics'', Kinsella describes how he cultivates the image of "Liberal attack dog", and the "]" and "Prince of Darkness" of Canadian politics. Kinsella gained national exposure during the 2000 federal election when, acting on an idea by Liberal campaign staffer Sophie Galarneau<ref>{{cite news |author = ] |title = Debunking the Cult of Warren |page = A6 |publisher = The National Post |date = ]}}</ref>, he appeared on television brandishing a toy Barney dinosaur as part of an editorial comment on ]'s Christian creationist beliefs. Kinsella ran as a Liberal candidate in the ] in the ] of ] and lost.


=== Politics ===
Kinsella was a vocal supporter of Prime Minister ]. He criticized the Paul Martin Liberal campaign several times in the ], and ].


==== Federal politics ====
Kinsella is a member of the board of directors of the Canada Israel Committee.<ref>Canada-Israel Committee (2006). ''''. Retrieved November 17, 2006.</ref>


===== Liberal Party =====
==Gomery Commission==
Kinsella served as a media adviser to opposition leader ]'s office and as a strategist in the ] federal ]'s ] "task force".<ref name="Jeffrey, Brooke page 198">Jeffrey, Brooke ''Divided Loyalties: The Liberal Party of Canada, 1984–2008'', Toronto: University of Toronto Press page 198</ref> After the Liberals won the election, Kinsella became ] to federal Public Works minister ].<ref name="Canadian Broadcasting Corporation">{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/groupaction/publicinquiry.html|title=Gomery Inquiry: A summary of the testimony|date=June 3, 2005|access-date=2008-09-27|publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation}}</ref> ] noted in his book '']'' that Kinsella was accused by ], Chrétien's communications director, of being overtly aggressive and seeing enemies everywhere.<ref>Martin, Lawrence ''Iron Man'', Viking: Toronto, 2003 page 240.</ref> In addition, Martin noted that many Liberal MPs expressed concern about Kinsella's behaviour. However, Kinsella was a favourite of ], the Prime Minister's wife, which meant that the complaints were ignored.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Martin, Lawrence, 1947-|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52877378|title=Iron man : the defiant reign of Jean Chrétien|date=2003|publisher=Viking Canada|others=Martin, Lawrence, 1947-|isbn=0-670-04310-9|location=Toronto|pages=39|oclc=52877378}}</ref>
Kinsella's actions as an aide to a Liberal cabinet minister brought questions over his role in the lead-up to the ]. In ], while working for ], then ], Kinsella wrote a memo to deputy minister Ran Quail recommending that the government's communications be reorganized under a centralized delivery system and that ] be assigned to head the new agency. However, Ran Quail dismissed the memo as a "mistake by an inexperienced staffer." Dingwall testified that he didn't remember the incident, but assumed that he must have instructed Kinsella to write the memo. The Communications Co-ordination Services Branch that was created in November 1997 consisted of almost exactly the consolidation of functions that had been advocated by Kinsella and was headed by Charles Guité. In his report on the scandal, Justice John Gomery noted that the memo was "a highly inappropriate attempt by political staff to interfere in the internal administration" of the department. In testimony at the commission, Kinsella was revealed as the person who introduced Guité to ], the man who accepted the ad kickbacks for the Liberal Party and wrote a memo to Guité saying Corriveau should be given contracts. <ref>Commission of Inquiry into the Sponsorship Program and Advertising Activities (2005). '''' Retrieved July 3, 2006.</ref> Kinsella was a witness at the ]<ref>Gomery.ca (2005).'''' Retrieved July 3, 2006.</ref> and frequently mocked Judge Gomery on his web site. In 2006, Guité was convicted of defrauding the federal government and sentenced to 42 months in prison.


Kinsella ran as a Liberal candidate in the 1997 federal election in the riding of ] but was defeated by Reform incumbent ].
==Legal action against bloggers==
In 2004, Kinsella threatened legal action against Canadian bloggers who he alleged libelled him. The matter was eventually settled without litigation when most parties involved came to compromise. The issue aroused controversy in the Canadian blogging community. In January, 2006, he sued ] for $600,000 for a blog posting about Kinsella's role in hiring ] in the lead-up to the ].<ref>{{cite news |author = Barrera, Jorge |title = 'Prince of Darkness Sues Blogger |publisher = Ottawa Sun |date = ]}}</ref> The lawsuit was settled out of court.{{Fact|date=February 2007}}


During his last stint as a national campaign headquarters worker during the ], he appeared on ]'s ] brandishing a purple ] dinosaur doll to mock what he claimed were Canadian Alliance leader ]'s creationist beliefs.<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rU0yAugpDVEC&q=warren+kinsella+barney&pg=PA144 |title = The War Room: Political Strategies for Business, NGOs, and Anyone who Wants to Win|isbn = 9781550027464|last1 = Kinsella|first1 = Warren|date = October 4, 2007}}</ref> Public affairs consultant ] in ''Policy Options'' used this incident to compare him to American political consultant ] and argued that "The Carvillites and their young fans were less concerned with the substance of politics or its impact on citizens' building contempt for politics than with their personal scores."<ref name="policyoptions.irpp.org"/>
==Involvement in punk rock==
]
In his youth, Kinsella was the bassist of the Canadian punk band, "The ]".<ref>Punk History Canada'''' Retrieved July 3, 2006.</ref> In 2005, Kinsella wrote ''Fury's Hour: A (sort-of) Punk-Rock Manifesto'' (Random House, 2005), a history of the early days of punk.


After the 2000 federal election, Kinsella was a vocal supporter of Chrétien during the ] that resulted in Chrétien being replaced by ]. In ''Iron Man'', Lawrence Martin noted that Kinsella saw Paul Martin and his followers "as almost much an enemy" as the opposition parties, and favored working against the ].<ref name=":0" /> He would work on Liberal leadership campaigns for ] and ] in opposition to Martin. He later admitted to quitting the Liberal Party when then-cabinet minister Herb Dhaliwal had his Vancouver South-Burnaby riding association taken over by the Martin forces in November 2002.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://thetyee.ca/Views/2006/01/18/VictorySowedDefeat/|title=A Victory that Sowed Defeat|last=Tieleman|first=Bill|date=2006-01-18|website=The Tyee|language=en|access-date=2019-11-10}}</ref>
Kinsella is now playing in punk rock band ], which features several former or current ] and ] staffers. They have one album.


Starting in November 2008, Kinsella worked briefly for Liberal leadership candidate Michael Ignatieff.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.warrenkinsella.com/index.php?entry=entry081113-113000 |title=Warren Kinsella |publisher=Warren Kinsella |access-date=2013-04-25}}{{Primary source inline|date=April 2013}}</ref> One long-time senior Liberal questioned the hiring of Kinsella, calling him a "human shrapnel machine."<ref name="patriquin1">{{cite news|url=http://www.macleans.ca/2009/04/10/the-prince-of-darkness-is-back-in-the-liberal-fold/|title=The "Prince of Darkness" is back in the Liberal fold|last=Patriquin|first=Martin|date=April 10, 2009|publisher=]}}</ref> Later that month Kinsella apologized for a post in his video blog that jokingly mentioned that his regular Chinese restaurant sold "cat meat."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.singtao.ca/toronto/2009-01-29/city1233222027d1571825.html |title=自由黨高級顧問金希拉 言論涉種族歧視.袁海耀要求向華社道歉 |publisher=] |date=January 29, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Ignatieff's first test|url=http://m.theglobeandmail.com/commentary/ignatieffs-first-test/article1343351/?service=mobile |newspaper=] |first=Jane |last=Taber}}</ref> Kinsella resigned from Ignatieff's campaign in May 2009, citing treatment of fired colleagues.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-notebook/olo-bloodletting-prompts-warren-kinsella-to-ditch-war-room/article4353008/ |newspaper=] |title=OLO bloodletting prompts Warren Kinsella to ditch Liberal war room |first=Jane |last=Taber |date=May 10, 2010}}</ref>
He wrote the song, ''Barney Rubble is My Double'', featured on the ] long play cassette tape and the ] self titled CD. It was also covered by ] on their ] album.''


Kinsella publicly considered seeking the Liberal nomination for the ] in ], but ultimately demurred in the belief that he would not be approved as a nominee. He argued that ]'s inner circle had played a role in the ouster of ] as Prime Minister.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.torontosun.com/2014/12/11/confessions-of-a-true-grit |title=Confessions of a true Grit|publisher=Toronto Sun |date= December 11, 2014|access-date=2015-01-04}}{{Primary source inline|date=December 2014}}</ref> He has been a critic of Trudeau's leadership.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://torontosun.com/news/national/election-2019/kinsella-why-i-cant-vote-liberal-on-oct-21|title=KINSELLA: Why I can't vote Liberal on Oct. 21|website=torontosun}}</ref> During the ], Kinsella sent tweets accusing the Prime Minister of buying drinks for ],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/election-2019/how-faith-goldy-became-the-most-dangerous-woman-not-on-the-campaign-trail|title=How Faith Goldy became the most dangerous woman not on the campaign trail {{!}} National Post|last1=News|last2=Politics|first2=Canadian|date=2019-09-17|language=en-CA|access-date=2019-12-13|last3=Election 2019|newspaper=National Post }}</ref> making false accusations of a suppressed Globe & Mail story,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.canadalandshow.com/rumours-of-suppressed-trudeau-affair-story-are-bullshit/|title=Rumours Of A Suppressed Globe Story About Justin Trudeau Are Bullshit|website=www.canadalandshow.com|date=October 8, 2019|access-date=2019-12-13}}</ref> and linking to a fake website that advocated ] as leader of the Liberal Party.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lactualite.com/politique/non-ce-site-web-nest-pas-celui-dune-ministre-liberale/|title=Non, ce site web n'est pas celui d'une ministre libérale|last=Lopez|first=Camille|website=L'actualité|date=October 17, 2019|language=fr-CA|access-date=2019-12-13}}</ref> After the election, Kinsella praised Trudeau by stating that since the election there had been "no stunts, no selfies, no over-saturation".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ipolitics.ca/2019/11/15/proud-pages-souring-on-scheer/|title='Proud' pages souring on Scheer?|last1=Nov 15|first1=Charlie Pinkerton Published on|last2=2019 5:13pm|date=2019-11-15|website=iPolitics|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-11}}</ref>
==Personal life==
He is the son of physician and medical ethicist Douglas Kinsella, ], founder of the (NCEHR). He and his wife have four children. In late 2000, he established a ], "Latest Musings".<ref>Warrenkinsella.com (2006). ''''. Retrieved June 30, 2006.</ref>


===== Gomery inquiry =====
==Works==
During the ]'s inquiry into the ], Justice John Gomery was told that Kinsella, while chief of staff to ] ], wrote a letter to the department's Deputy Minister, Ran Quail in 1994 requesting ] be appointed to review the government's advertising and communications strategy.<ref name="Canadian Broadcasting Corporation"/> Quail said he viewed the letter as political interference into civil service affairs, while Dingwall and Kinsella characterized the letter as a request rather than a directive. No finding of any fault was found in Gomery's report relating to Kinsella's conduct.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.yorku.ca/igreene/gomfactVI.pdf |title= ADMINISTRATION OF THE SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM|website=www.yorku.ca |access-date=2021-08-21}}</ref>
*''Unholy Alliances'' (Lester, ])

* ''Web of Hate: Inside Canada's Far Right Network'' ISBN 0-00-638051-4 (], ])
===== Green Party =====
* '']'' (HarperCollins, ])
Kinsella worked for the ] during July 2019 in the run-up to the ].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.straight.com/news/1265741/elizabeth-mays-brings-kicking-ass-canadian-politics-author-warren-kinsella-help-green|title=Elizabeth May brings on Kicking Ass in Canadian Politics author Warren Kinsella to help Green war room|date=2019-07-12|website=Georgia Straight » Vancouver's News & Entertainment Weekly|language=en|access-date=2019-09-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2019/07/12/May-Hires-Kinsella/|title=Why Greens Hired a Fighter, Warren Kinsella, to 'Protect' Elizabeth May|last=Harris|first=Michael|date=2019-07-12|website=The Tyee|language=en|access-date=2019-09-30}}</ref> This work was a temporary arrangement and involved "Kinsella setting up a quick-response unit for the Greens."<ref name="green">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/politics/political-opinion/2019/07/30/warren-kinsellas-green-party-work-is-done-elizabeth-may-says.html|title=Warren Kinsella's Green Party work is done, Elizabeth May says {{!}} The Star|website=thestar.com|date=July 30, 2019|language=en|access-date=2019-09-30}}</ref>
* ''Kicking Ass in Canadian Politics'' (], ])

* ''Fury's Hour: A (sort-of) Punk-Rock Manifesto'' (Random House, ])
===== Conservative Party of Canada =====
In October 2019, the ''Globe and Mail'' reported that Kinsella's consulting firm, Daisy Group, had, according to an anonymous source, been hired by the ] to create a campaign attempting to discredit ] and the ]. Neither the Conservative Party nor Kinsella would confirm or deny that they had been working together.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-kinsella-firm-hired-to-seek-and-destroy-berniers-peoples-party/|title=Kinsella firm hired to 'seek and destroy' Bernier's People's Party, documents show|access-date=2019-10-19}}</ref> Bernier filed a complaint to the Commissioner of Canada Elections.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/bernier-files-complaint-kinsella-campaign-1.5327748|title=Bernier files complaint to elections watchdog over 'secret' campaign to smear his party|last=Harris|first=Kathleen|date=Oct 19, 2019|website=CBC}}</ref> On October 19 2019, Kinsella deactivated his ] and ] accounts and posted a statement on his website that he is "pulling back from (social) media."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://warrenkinsella.com/2019/10/statement/|title=Statement: Warren Kinsella|date=October 19, 2019|website=warrenkinsella.com|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191021024328/http://warrenkinsella.com/2019/10/statement/|archive-date=October 21, 2019}}</ref> On October 22, Kinsella called on the Commissioner of Canada Elections to investigate the role that his own firm played.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-kinsella-calls-for-probe-of-his-firms-secret-work-to-seek-and/|title=Kinsella calls for probe of his firm's secret work to 'seek and destroy' Bernier's People's Party of Canada|last=Curry|first=Bill|date=October 22, 2019|website=Kinsella calls for probe of his firm's secret work to 'seek and destroy' Bernier's People's Party of Canada}}</ref>

On 29 October 2019 Kinsella said on his podcast that he would not reveal the who hired his company, maintaining that it was protected by solicitor-client privilege but stated the campaign should have been disclosed earlier.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/warren-kinsella-election-apology-1.5336581|title='Seek and destroy' contract against PPC came with strings, Kinsella says|last=Thompson|first=Elizabeth|date=Oct 25, 2019|website=CBC}}</ref> On November 2, ] cited ]'s handling of the Kinsella story as one reason for questioning Scheer's future as the leader of the Conservative Party.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/2019/11/02/andrew-scheer-reaches-out-to-defeated-tories-as-leadership-speculation-swirls.html|title=Andrew Scheer reaches out to defeated Tories as leadership speculation swirls|last=Boutilier|first=Alex|date=November 2, 2019|website=Toronto Star}}</ref> While, CBC revealed, on November 26, 2019, a recording describing Kinsella's contempt of Bernier and identified that Conservative campaign manager Hamish Marshall and co-chair, John Walsh knew about the campaign and were watching. Kinsella is heard telling the staff that they need to "draw blood".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/project-cactus-kinsella-daisy-ppc-bernier-1.5372715|title=Recordings reveal details of campaign to attack Maxime Bernier, PPC as racists before election|last=Bellemare|first=Andrea|date=November 26, 2019|website=CBC}}</ref> After filing a $1 million lawsuit, Kinsella later settled out of court with the source; who was a former Daisy Employee, Aziza Mohammed.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/warren-kinsella-daisy-bernier-conservative-party-scheer-1.5375701|title=Warren Kinsella's Daisy Group settles with former employee accused of Project Cactus leak|date=November 27, 2019|website=CBC News}}</ref> On December 8 the Globe and Mail reported that it was a lack of clarity "what other activities were part of the project" and that "The Conservative Party will eventually have to report all of its spending and third-party contracts to Elections Canada".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/amp/politics/article-maxime-bernier-hires-former-ombudsman-to-prepare-legal-action-against/|title=Maxime Bernier hires former ombudsman to prepare legal action against Warren Kinsella over racism claims - The Globe and Mail|newspaper=The Globe and Mail|access-date=2019-12-09|last1=Curry |first1=Bill }}</ref> While, Kinsella and his firm did not break the Elections Canada Act (which only governs spending), ] suggested that story might not end.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/kinsella-bernier-elections-law-1.5421313|title='Seek and Destroy' campaign against People's Party didn't violate elections law, which only applies to financial infractions: commissioner|last=Thompson|first=Elizabeth|date=January 9, 2020|website=CBC News}}</ref>

In February 2020, Bernier launched a ] against Kinsella alleging ] by branding Bernier a racist, in relation to the 2019 election.<ref name=Post2020>{{cite news |work=] |url=https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/peoples-party-leader-maxime-bernier-sues-political-pundit-for-defamation |title=Maxime Bernier says pundit Warren Kinsella branded him a racist, sues for defamation |first=Michelle |last=McQuigge |date=5 February 2020 |quote=In his statement of claim, Bernier says those descriptions damaged his reputation and subjected him to public scandal and embarrassment.}}</ref> The lawsuit sought an admission of defamation and $325,000 in damages.<ref name=Post2020/> In November 2021, the ] dismissed the lawsuit, based on Ontario's ] legislation, determining that it was not proven that the defamation concerns outweighed the importance of protecting free speech.<ref name=Globe22>{{cite news |last1=Curry |first1=Bill |title=Bernier order to pay $132,000 in legal costs after failed defamation case over Project Cactus |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-maxime-bernier-ordered-to-pay-132000-in-legal-costs-after-failed/ |access-date=15 March 2022 |date=14 March 2022 |publication-date=5 March 2022 |location=] |page=A2}}</ref> Bernier was ordered in February 2022 to pay $132,000 in legal costs to Kinsella.<ref name=Globe22/>

===== North Vancouver Electoral Result =====
{{CANelec/top|CA|1997|North Vancouver (electoral district)|North Vancouver|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|Reform|]|27,075|48.86|+8.85|$63,443}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|'''Warren Kinsella'''|18,806|33.94|+2.87|$62,704}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Martin Stuible|5,075|9.15|+2.77|$11,938}}
{{CANelec|CA|PC|Dennis Prouse|2,740|4.94|-11.00|$14,159}}
{{CANelec|CA|Green|Peggy Stortz|982|1.77|&ndash;|$173}}
{{CANelec|CA|Independent|Dallas Lindley Collins|365|0.65|&ndash;|}}
{{CANelec|CA|Canadian Action|Wayne Mulherin|203|0.36|&ndash;|$1,359}}
{{CANelec|CA|Natural Law|Ken Chawkin|162|0.29|-0.59|}}
{{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|55,408|100.0 &nbsp;}}
{{CANelec/total|Total rejected ballots|167|0.30}}
{{CANelec/total|Turnout|55,575|71.83}}
{{CANelec/hold|CA|Reform|+2.99}}
{{end}}

=== Provincial politics ===
==== Ontario Liberals ====
Kinsella was a long time supporter of ] ] ], and was a fixture in ] election campaigns while McGuinty was leader. The Hill Times stated that Kinsella was the individual that branded ] Leader ]'s promise to publicly fund faith-based schools during the ] "into a Canadian version of Nixon's racist Southern strategy".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hilltimes.com/2007/12/17/kinsella-thrives-in-war-room-where-stakes-are-high-speed-and-nastiness-useful/9473|title=Kinsella thrives in war room where stakes are high, speed and nastiness useful|date=2007-12-17|website=The Hill Times|language=en-CA|access-date=2019-11-10}}</ref> He would apologize for a blog post during the campaign suggesting that Progressive Conservative MPP ] would rather bake cookies than be seen with farm activist ]; MacLeod would later use the remark as the humorous title for a cookbook.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/2007/07/26/kinsella_to_stay_despite_unfortunate_comment.html | work=The Star | location=Toronto | title=Kinsella to stay despite 'unfortunate' comment | first=Rob | last=Ferguson | date=July 26, 2007 | access-date=March 27, 2010}}</ref>

Kinsella supported ] in the ] that chose a successor to McGuinty.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.torontosun.com/2013/01/14/to-curse-may-be-pupatellos-blessing |newspaper=] |title=T.O. Curse may be Pupatello's Blessing|first=Warren |last=Kinsella |date=January 14, 2013}}</ref> The leadership was won by ]. Kinsella was sharply critical of Wynne's campaign during the ], and subsequently.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.torontosun.com/2014/05/29/how-coalition-became-a-bad-word | newspaper=Toronto Sun | location=Toronto | title=How coalition became a bad word | first=Warren | last=Kinsella | date=May 29, 2014 | access-date=February 4, 2014}}</ref>

==== Ontario Progressive Conservatives ====
On October 31, 2019, ''the Globe and Mail'' reported that a spokesperson for Autistics for Autistics (A4A), an Ontario Autism advocacy group, threatened litigation against Kinsella after warning Kinsella's Daisy firm over a suspected connection between free media training provided by his firm and the Ontario government led by premier ].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-opposition-urges-ford-government-to-release-contract-with-kinsellas/|title=Opposition urges Ford government to release contract with Kinsella's Daisy Group|access-date=2019-11-05}}</ref> Kinsella stated that his work was unrelated with strategic advice and media training provided to Minister of Children, Community and Social Services ] and her political staff in March 2018 over the restrictions to the provincial autism program. While House leader ], who was asked by reporters if he would release the contract, stated that Daisy' firm services was for social assistance not autism<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ipolitics.ca/2019/10/31/kinsella-says-he-never-discussed-meetings-with-autism-advocacy-group-with-ford-government/|title=Kinsella says he never discussed meetings with autism advocacy group with Ford government|last1=Oct 31|first1=Victoria Gibson Published on|last2=2019 4:45pm|date=2019-10-31|website=iPolitics|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-05}}</ref>

==== Municipal politics ====
Kinsella advised ] in the ].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/toronto-election/2018/08/10/john-tory-casts-his-lot-with-controversial-campaign-strategists.html|title=John Tory casts his lot with controversial campaign strategists {{!}} The Star|website=thestar.com|date=October 2018 |language=en|access-date=2020-01-11}}</ref>

In ], Kinsella assisted ]'s campaign. On August 20, 2014, Kinsella tweeted "Is John Tory's SmartTrack, you know, Segregationist Track?", and posted a photo featuring Tory and an edited ] stating that ] and ] were intentionally excluded from the plan.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/warren-kinsella-accuses-john-tory-transit-plan-of-segregation-apologizes-1.2741775| work=CBC News | location=Toronto | title=Warren Kinsella accuses John Tory transit plan of segregation, apologizes | date=August 20, 2014 | access-date=March 3, 2015}}</ref> Kinsella apologized for the incident. Daisy Consulting later announced that they had fired Chow as a client due to remarks regarding Kinsella.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.torontosun.com/2014/09/20/doug-fords-the-wild-card | newspaper=Toronto Sun | location=Toronto | title=Doug Ford's the wild card | first=Adrienne | last=Batra | date=September 20, 2014 | access-date=March 3, 2015}}</ref> After a Twitter showdown between Tory's strategist ]; Kinsella sued Kouvalis for $100,000 libel suit over tweets that Kinsella alleges were slanderous.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/city_hall/toronto2014election/2014/10/24/former_chow_strategist_suing_tory_official_for_100k.html|title=Former Chow strategist suing Tory official for $100K {{!}} The Star|website=thestar.com|date=October 24, 2014 |language=en|access-date=2019-11-10}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://nationalpost.com/news/toronto/warren-kinsella-serves-libel-notice-over-tweets-by-john-tory-strategist-implying-he-was-fired-from-chow-campaign|title=Warren Kinsella serves libel notice to Tory strategist for tweets implying he was fired from Chow campaign {{!}} National Post|last=Toronto|first=Posted|newspaper=National Post |date=2014-08-30|language=en-CA|access-date=2019-11-17}}</ref> Kouvalis was later reported by the Toronto Star as the person responsible for bring Kinsella as an advisor to John Tory during the ].<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.thestar.com/news/toronto-election/2018/08/10/john-tory-casts-his-lot-with-controversial-campaign-strategists.html| title=John Tory casts his lot with controversial campaign strategists| first1=Jennifer| last1=Pagliaro| first2=David| last2=Rider| date=October 1, 2018| website=thestar.com}}</ref>

On November 16, 2018 the OPP charged ] along with outgoing city councillor ] for allegedly filing false campaign expenses for the 2014 municipal elections, contrary to the Municipal Elections Act.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-councillors-charged-by-opp-1.4908588|title=2 Toronto city councillors charged with alleged campaign finance violations|last1=Lancaster|first1=John|date=November 16, 2018|work=]|access-date=November 16, 2018|last2=Rieti|first2=John|language=en-CA}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/city_hall/2018/11/16/etobicoke-councillors-grimes-and-di-ciano-charged-with-elections-act-offences-over-2014-campaign-expenses.html|title=Etobicoke Councillors Grimes and Di Ciano charged with Elections Act offences over 2014 campaign expenses|last1=Pagliaro|first1=Jennifer|date=November 16, 2018|work=Toronto Star|access-date=November 16, 2018}}</ref> In order to fight the allegations, then-councillor Di Ciano and Grimes hired the firm of strategist Kinsella to compile a "research" dossier on him and political foes such as ]. A few months later, Grimes faced litigation by Kinsella for allegedly failing to pay invoices for services rendered by Kinsella's Daisy Group.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/di-ciano-grimes-kinsella-lawsuit-allegations-1.5183813|title=Toronto councillor peeved over CBC stories was privately 'threatening' reporter, lawsuit alleges|date=June 24, 2019|access-date=October 30, 2019}}</ref>

==== Writing ====
In 1997, Kinsella published the novel ''Party Favours'', a thinly veiled '']'' about the Chrétien government similar to the 1996 American novel '']''.<ref>"Political punk". '']'', August 20, 2005.</ref> The novel was initially credited to "Jean Doe",<ref>"Author of Party Favours keeping identity a secret". '']'', September 17, 1997.</ref> with Kinsella only later revealing himself as the real author.{{citation needed|date=September 2019}}

Macleans associated "Prince of Darkness" with dirty politics because "His political books are thick with tales of dirty tricks and nasty business in Ottawa's corridors of power, and he is an admitted and most gleeful practitioner of both."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/the-prince-of-darkness-is-back-in-the-liberal-fold/|title=The "Prince of Darkness" is back in the Liberal fold - Macleans.ca|website=www.macleans.ca|access-date=2019-12-13}}</ref>

Kinsella runs a blog that is famous in Canadian political circles for Kinsella's on-and-off feuds with other bloggers, including one with columnist ] that prompted Kinsella to initiate a ] suit claiming $5,000,000 in damages.<ref name="patriquin1"/>

In March 2019, Kinsella started as a ''Toronto Sun'' columnist. After, it was revealed Kinsella's consulting firm worked with the Conservative Party. ] reported that ''Sun'' management did not respond to questions about whether they were aware of Kinsella doing paid work on behalf of the Conservatives, but a spokesperson for parent company Postmedia stated in an email that "Postmedia is unaware of any financial arrangement that Warren Kinsella might have had with a political party while writing a column for the Toronto Sun. If we had been aware of such an arrangement, we would have disclosed that relationship, as is our standard practice."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.canadalandshow.com/warren-kinsella-postmedia-seek-and-destroy-ppc/|title=Kinsella, Postmedia, And The Paid Campaign To "Seek And Destroy"|last=Goldsibe|first=Jonathan|date=October 21, 2019|work=Canadaland}}</ref>

==== Works ====
* ''Unholy Alliances'' (Lester, 1992)
* ''Web of Hate: Inside Canada's Far Right Network'' {{ISBN|0-00-638051-4}} (], 1997)
* ''Party Favours'' (HarperCollins, 1997)
* ''Kicking Ass in Canadian Politics'' (], 2001)
* ''Fury's Hour: A (sort-of) Punk-Rock Manifesto'' (Random House, 2005)
* ''The War Room: Political Strategies for Business, NGOs, and Anyone Who Wants to Win'' (Dundurn Press, 2007)
* ''Fight the Right: A Manual for Surviving the Coming Conservative Apocalypse'' (Random House, Oct 2 2012)
* ''Recipe for Hate'' (Dundurn, 2017) (fiction)


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Canadian political adviser and commentator (born 1962) For the Canadian author, see W. P. Kinsella.

Warren James Kinsella
BornAugust 1962 (age 62)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Alma materUniversity of Calgary
Carleton University
Spouse(s)Suzanne Amos (divorced)
Lisa Kirbie (separated, 2019)
RelativesDouglas Kinsella (father)
Websitewarrenkinsella.com

Warren James Kinsella (born August 1962) is a Canadian lawyer, author, musician, political consultant, and commentator. Kinsella has written commentary in most of Canada's major newspapers and several magazines, including The Globe and Mail, the Toronto Sun, Ottawa Citizen, the National Post, The Walrus, and Postmedia newspapers. He appeared regularly on the Sun News Network. Kinsella is the founder of the Daisy Consulting Group, a Toronto-based firm that engages in paid political campaign strategy work, lobbying and communications crisis management.

Early life and education

Kinsella is the son of physician and medical ethicist Douglas Kinsella, founder of the National Council on Ethics in Human Research (NCEHR). He attended Carleton University from 1980 to 1984, earning a Bachelor of Journalism.

Career

In the 1980s, Kinsella was a reporter at the Calgary Herald and later the Ottawa Citizen.

Later, as a lawyer, Kinsella was a partner in the law firm McMillan Binch. He left the legal firm in 2002 and co-founded the consulting firm, Navigator. In 2006, he left to found his own agency, Daisy Consulting Group, a Toronto-based firm that engages in paid political advertising, lobbying and communications crisis management.

Politics

Federal politics

Liberal Party

Kinsella served as a media adviser to opposition leader Jean Chrétien's office and as a strategist in the Canadian federal Liberal Party's 1993 election campaign "task force". After the Liberals won the election, Kinsella became chief of staff to federal Public Works minister David Dingwall. Lawrence Martin noted in his book Iron Man that Kinsella was accused by Peter Donolo, Chrétien's communications director, of being overtly aggressive and seeing enemies everywhere. In addition, Martin noted that many Liberal MPs expressed concern about Kinsella's behaviour. However, Kinsella was a favourite of Aline Chrétien, the Prime Minister's wife, which meant that the complaints were ignored.

Kinsella ran as a Liberal candidate in the 1997 federal election in the riding of North Vancouver but was defeated by Reform incumbent Ted White.

During his last stint as a national campaign headquarters worker during the 2000 Canadian federal election, he appeared on CTV's Canada AM brandishing a purple Barney dinosaur doll to mock what he claimed were Canadian Alliance leader Stockwell Day's creationist beliefs. Public affairs consultant Robin Sears in Policy Options used this incident to compare him to American political consultant James Carville and argued that "The Carvillites and their young fans were less concerned with the substance of politics or its impact on citizens' building contempt for politics than with their personal scores."

After the 2000 federal election, Kinsella was a vocal supporter of Chrétien during the intra-party struggle that resulted in Chrétien being replaced by Paul Martin. In Iron Man, Lawrence Martin noted that Kinsella saw Paul Martin and his followers "as almost much an enemy" as the opposition parties, and favored working against the Martin faction. He would work on Liberal leadership campaigns for Allan Rock and Sheila Copps in opposition to Martin. He later admitted to quitting the Liberal Party when then-cabinet minister Herb Dhaliwal had his Vancouver South-Burnaby riding association taken over by the Martin forces in November 2002.

Starting in November 2008, Kinsella worked briefly for Liberal leadership candidate Michael Ignatieff. One long-time senior Liberal questioned the hiring of Kinsella, calling him a "human shrapnel machine." Later that month Kinsella apologized for a post in his video blog that jokingly mentioned that his regular Chinese restaurant sold "cat meat." Kinsella resigned from Ignatieff's campaign in May 2009, citing treatment of fired colleagues.

Kinsella publicly considered seeking the Liberal nomination for the 2015 federal election in Toronto—Danforth, but ultimately demurred in the belief that he would not be approved as a nominee. He argued that Justin Trudeau's inner circle had played a role in the ouster of Jean Chretien as Prime Minister. He has been a critic of Trudeau's leadership. During the 2019 election, Kinsella sent tweets accusing the Prime Minister of buying drinks for Faith Goldy, making false accusations of a suppressed Globe & Mail story, and linking to a fake website that advocated Chrystia Freeland as leader of the Liberal Party. After the election, Kinsella praised Trudeau by stating that since the election there had been "no stunts, no selfies, no over-saturation".

Gomery inquiry

During the Gomery Commission's inquiry into the Sponsorship scandal, Justice John Gomery was told that Kinsella, while chief of staff to Minister of Public Works David Dingwall, wrote a letter to the department's Deputy Minister, Ran Quail in 1994 requesting Chuck Guité be appointed to review the government's advertising and communications strategy. Quail said he viewed the letter as political interference into civil service affairs, while Dingwall and Kinsella characterized the letter as a request rather than a directive. No finding of any fault was found in Gomery's report relating to Kinsella's conduct.

Green Party

Kinsella worked for the Canadian Green Party during July 2019 in the run-up to the 2019 Canadian federal election. This work was a temporary arrangement and involved "Kinsella setting up a quick-response unit for the Greens."

Conservative Party of Canada

In October 2019, the Globe and Mail reported that Kinsella's consulting firm, Daisy Group, had, according to an anonymous source, been hired by the Conservative Party of Canada to create a campaign attempting to discredit Maxime Bernier and the People's Party of Canada. Neither the Conservative Party nor Kinsella would confirm or deny that they had been working together. Bernier filed a complaint to the Commissioner of Canada Elections. On October 19 2019, Kinsella deactivated his Twitter and Facebook accounts and posted a statement on his website that he is "pulling back from (social) media." On October 22, Kinsella called on the Commissioner of Canada Elections to investigate the role that his own firm played.

On 29 October 2019 Kinsella said on his podcast that he would not reveal the who hired his company, maintaining that it was protected by solicitor-client privilege but stated the campaign should have been disclosed earlier. On November 2, Kory Teneycke cited Andrew Scheer's handling of the Kinsella story as one reason for questioning Scheer's future as the leader of the Conservative Party. While, CBC revealed, on November 26, 2019, a recording describing Kinsella's contempt of Bernier and identified that Conservative campaign manager Hamish Marshall and co-chair, John Walsh knew about the campaign and were watching. Kinsella is heard telling the staff that they need to "draw blood". After filing a $1 million lawsuit, Kinsella later settled out of court with the source; who was a former Daisy Employee, Aziza Mohammed. On December 8 the Globe and Mail reported that it was a lack of clarity "what other activities were part of the project" and that "The Conservative Party will eventually have to report all of its spending and third-party contracts to Elections Canada". While, Kinsella and his firm did not break the Elections Canada Act (which only governs spending), CBC News suggested that story might not end.

In February 2020, Bernier launched a lawsuit against Kinsella alleging defamation by branding Bernier a racist, in relation to the 2019 election. The lawsuit sought an admission of defamation and $325,000 in damages. In November 2021, the court dismissed the lawsuit, based on Ontario's Anti-SLAPP legislation, determining that it was not proven that the defamation concerns outweighed the importance of protecting free speech. Bernier was ordered in February 2022 to pay $132,000 in legal costs to Kinsella.

North Vancouver Electoral Result
1997 Canadian federal election: North Vancouver
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Reform Ted White 27,075 48.86 +8.85 $63,443
Liberal Warren Kinsella 18,806 33.94 +2.87 $62,704
New Democratic Martin Stuible 5,075 9.15 +2.77 $11,938
Progressive Conservative Dennis Prouse 2,740 4.94 -11.00 $14,159
Green Peggy Stortz 982 1.77 – $173
Independent Dallas Lindley Collins 365 0.65 –
Canadian Action Wayne Mulherin 203 0.36 – $1,359
Natural Law Ken Chawkin 162 0.29 -0.59
Total valid votes 55,408 100.0  
Total rejected ballots 167 0.30
Turnout 55,575 71.83
Reform hold Swing +2.99

Provincial politics

Ontario Liberals

Kinsella was a long time supporter of Ontario premier Dalton McGuinty, and was a fixture in Ontario Liberal Party election campaigns while McGuinty was leader. The Hill Times stated that Kinsella was the individual that branded Ontario Progressive Conservatives Leader John Tory's promise to publicly fund faith-based schools during the 2007 election "into a Canadian version of Nixon's racist Southern strategy". He would apologize for a blog post during the campaign suggesting that Progressive Conservative MPP Lisa MacLeod would rather bake cookies than be seen with farm activist Randy Hillier; MacLeod would later use the remark as the humorous title for a cookbook.

Kinsella supported Sandra Pupatello in the 2013 Liberal Party of Ontario leadership convention that chose a successor to McGuinty. The leadership was won by Kathleen Wynne. Kinsella was sharply critical of Wynne's campaign during the 2014 Ontario election, and subsequently.

Ontario Progressive Conservatives

On October 31, 2019, the Globe and Mail reported that a spokesperson for Autistics for Autistics (A4A), an Ontario Autism advocacy group, threatened litigation against Kinsella after warning Kinsella's Daisy firm over a suspected connection between free media training provided by his firm and the Ontario government led by premier Doug Ford. Kinsella stated that his work was unrelated with strategic advice and media training provided to Minister of Children, Community and Social Services Lisa MacLeod and her political staff in March 2018 over the restrictions to the provincial autism program. While House leader Paul Calandra, who was asked by reporters if he would release the contract, stated that Daisy' firm services was for social assistance not autism

Municipal politics

Kinsella advised John Tory in the 2003 Toronto mayoral election.

In 2014 mayoral election, Kinsella assisted Olivia Chow's campaign. On August 20, 2014, Kinsella tweeted "Is John Tory's SmartTrack, you know, Segregationist Track?", and posted a photo featuring Tory and an edited speech bubble stating that Jane/Finch and Rexdale were intentionally excluded from the plan. Kinsella apologized for the incident. Daisy Consulting later announced that they had fired Chow as a client due to remarks regarding Kinsella. After a Twitter showdown between Tory's strategist Nick Kouvalis; Kinsella sued Kouvalis for $100,000 libel suit over tweets that Kinsella alleges were slanderous. Kouvalis was later reported by the Toronto Star as the person responsible for bring Kinsella as an advisor to John Tory during the 2018 Toronto mayoral election.

On November 16, 2018 the OPP charged Mark Grimes along with outgoing city councillor Justin Di Ciano for allegedly filing false campaign expenses for the 2014 municipal elections, contrary to the Municipal Elections Act. In order to fight the allegations, then-councillor Di Ciano and Grimes hired the firm of strategist Kinsella to compile a "research" dossier on him and political foes such as CBC News. A few months later, Grimes faced litigation by Kinsella for allegedly failing to pay invoices for services rendered by Kinsella's Daisy Group.

Writing

In 1997, Kinsella published the novel Party Favours, a thinly veiled roman à clef about the Chrétien government similar to the 1996 American novel Primary Colors. The novel was initially credited to "Jean Doe", with Kinsella only later revealing himself as the real author.

Macleans associated "Prince of Darkness" with dirty politics because "His political books are thick with tales of dirty tricks and nasty business in Ottawa's corridors of power, and he is an admitted and most gleeful practitioner of both."

Kinsella runs a blog that is famous in Canadian political circles for Kinsella's on-and-off feuds with other bloggers, including one with columnist Ezra Levant that prompted Kinsella to initiate a defamation suit claiming $5,000,000 in damages.

In March 2019, Kinsella started as a Toronto Sun columnist. After, it was revealed Kinsella's consulting firm worked with the Conservative Party. Canadaland reported that Sun management did not respond to questions about whether they were aware of Kinsella doing paid work on behalf of the Conservatives, but a spokesperson for parent company Postmedia stated in an email that "Postmedia is unaware of any financial arrangement that Warren Kinsella might have had with a political party while writing a column for the Toronto Sun. If we had been aware of such an arrangement, we would have disclosed that relationship, as is our standard practice."

Works

  • Unholy Alliances (Lester, 1992)
  • Web of Hate: Inside Canada's Far Right Network ISBN 0-00-638051-4 (HarperCollins, 1997)
  • Party Favours (HarperCollins, 1997)
  • Kicking Ass in Canadian Politics (Random House, 2001)
  • Fury's Hour: A (sort-of) Punk-Rock Manifesto (Random House, 2005)
  • The War Room: Political Strategies for Business, NGOs, and Anyone Who Wants to Win (Dundurn Press, 2007)
  • Fight the Right: A Manual for Surviving the Coming Conservative Apocalypse (Random House, Oct 2 2012)
  • Recipe for Hate (Dundurn, 2017) (fiction)

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