====== Gary Mason ======

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**Gary Mason** is a Canadian journalist based in [[canada:british_columbia:Vancouver]], [[canada:British Columbia]]. He is a staff national affairs columnist for the [[Globe and Mail]].((//Gary Mason.// (2023, January 17). The Globe and Mail. https://web.archive.org/web/20230125182845/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/authors/gary-mason/))

===== History =====

==== COVID-19 ====

On January 24, 2023, Mason published an opinion piece titled "Preston Manning’s COVID-19 panel appointment is a $253,000 travesty", criticizing [[Danielle Smith]]'s appointment of [[Preston Manning]] to review the Province of [[canada:Alberta]]'s [[COVID-19]] policies.((Mason, G. (2023, January 24). //Opinion: Preston Manning’s COVID-19 panel appointment is a $253,000 travesty.// The Globe and Mail. http://archive.today/2023.01.24-192459/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-preston-mannings-covid-19-panel-appointment-is-a-253000-joke/)) He also mentions the [[Frontier Centre for Public Policy]] and criticizes the [[Canadian Covid Care Alliance]] (CCCA) for its materials discussing [[ivermectin]] and [[hydroxychloroquine]].