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Publication Date: June 24, 2025 - 16:00
The O’Hagan Essay on Public Affairs
June 24, 2025
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The late Richard O’Hagan worked as a journalist (writing for Maclean’s and the Toronto Telegram), as an adviser to two Canadian prime ministers, as a senior executive for Bank of Montreal from 1979 to 2000, and as a long-time member of The Walrus Foundation’s board of directors. In 2016, with the support of his family, The Walrus launched the O’Hagan Essay on Public Affairs, an annual feature article that explores an aspect of public policy.
The O’Hagan essay is not aimed at policy wonks or bureaucrats. Its job is to take a complicated question and make it relevant to everyone. For years, the series has explored subjects as wide ranging as free trade, bilingualism, and the carbon tax. In each case, the story’s author was tasked with demystifying the relationship between the decisions being made in boardrooms and government backrooms and their implications for the rest of us.
Commissioned by the editorial team at The Walrus and funded by Peter and Sarah O’Hagan, the series honours Richard’s belief that clear, original thinking on public issues is vital to a healthy democracy and to helping Canadians make sense of the forces shaping their future.
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