Diane Francis (born 7th November 1946) is a Canadian journalist and author. November 7 is the 311th day of the year (312th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 54 days remaining. ... 1946 was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Canada is the second largest country in the world in land area, and the northern-most, occupying much of the North American land mass. ...

Author, Diane Francis

American-born Diane Francis is the editor-at-large for the National Post newspaper, best known for her outspoken conservative political and economic views. In 1991 she was appointed editor of the Financial Post newspaper until its owner, Conrad Black, merged it into the National Post. Francis writes a column which appears in the newspaper three times weekly that is syndicated for the Sun newspaper chain. In addition, she contributes a monthly column to Maclean's. The United States of America — also referred to as the United States, the U.S.A., the U.S., America, the States, or (archaically) Columbia—is a federal republic of 50 states located primarily in central North America (with the exception of two states: Alaska and Hawaii). ... The National Post is a large Canadian English language national newspaper based in Toronto. ... Conrad Moffat Black, Baron Black of Crossharbour (born August 25, 1944 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian-born British biographer, financier and newspaper magnate. ... Sun Media Corporation is the owner of several widely read Canadian tabloid newspapers. ... Macleans is Canadas leading weekly news magazine. ...

Francis is also a broadcaster and a best-selling author of eight books on a variety of socio-economic subjects for Canadians. Her 1996 book titled Fighting for Canada was published in the French language as Maîtres Chanteurs Chez Nous!. In it, she alleged subversive tactics and violation of human rights by certain members of the Quebec sovereignty movement during the 1995 Quebec referendum. French (français, langue française) is one of the most important Romance languages, outnumbered in speakers only by Spanish and Portuguese. ... Human rights are rights which some hold to be inalienable and belonging to all humans. ... Quebec The Quebec sovereignty movement is a movement calling for the attainment of sovereignty for Quebec, a province of the country of Canada. ... The 1995 Quebec referendum was the second referendum in Quebec (see 1980 Quebec referendum) that put to public vote the role of Quebec within Canada and whether Quebec should pursue a path toward independent statehood (sovereignty). The referendum was the culmination of years of rising support for autonomy (see Quiet...

Francis has been the recipient of a number of awards for her work in journalism from various organizations, publications, and universities throughout Canada. She has served on the advisory board of the Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research, and the York University East/West Exchange program. She has also been a member of the advisory committee of the Clarke Institute of Psychiatry and a director of the Canada-Ukraine Chamber of Commerce, the George Brown College Foundation Board, and CARE Canada. She also served as the volunteer chair for the fund-raising campaign for Ryerson University's community health center. York University is a large comprehensive university, located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... Photo of Ryersons Quad and Kerr Hall in downtown Toronto Ryerson University is located in the heart of downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ...

Bibliography:

• Immigration: The Economic Case (2002)
• Underground Nation (2002)
• BRE-X: The Inside Story (1998)
• Fighting for Canada (1996)
• A Matter of Survival (1993)
• The Diane Francis Inside Guide to Canada's 50 Best Stocks (1990)
• Contrepreneurs (1988)
• Controlling Interest - Who Owns Canada (1986)