Allen Garr

Allen Garr

Allen Garr is a journalist, author, and journalism instructor based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Garr is well-known in the city for his editorials covering civic politics in the weekly "Vancouver Courier" newspaper. He is the author of "Tough Guy: Bill Bennett and the taking of British Columbia" (Toronto: Key Porter Books, 1986, ISBN 0-919493-77-7), a book about the British Columbia Social Credit Party. Garr graduated from Simon Fraser University in 1968 and has since been a political commentator in various Canadian media outlets, including a five-year stint with the "Vancouver Province" newspaper and a decade with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's television news. He is an instructor in the journalism program at Langara College. [cite web|title=Allen Garr|publisher=Langara College Journalism|url=http://www.langara.bc.ca/journalism/instructors/agarr.html|accessdate=2007-04-26]

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