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Her former employer Conrad Black once suggested she be “horsewhipped” for her views. But anti-establishment gadfly Linda McQuaig will be doing some verbal whipping of her own Feb. 7 as this year's Grace MacInnes visiting speaker at Simon Fraser University.

An award-winning journalist and bestselling author, McQuaig's scathing attacks on Canadian fiscal policy (Shooting the Hippo), free trade (The Quick and the Dead), the federal tax system (Behind Closed Doors) and corporate greed (All You Can Eat) have won her many thousands of devoted readers.

Her two lectures - 2:30 p.m. at SFU Burnaby and 7:30 p.m. at SFU Vancouver, Harbour Centre - are entitled Resurrecting the Notion of the Common Good. The audience can expect a keen analysis of the recent federal election and, if her newspaper columns are any indication, a blistering assault on Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his conservative agenda.

Winner of a National Newspaper Award for uncovering the Patti Starr affair in 1989, McQuaig has written for The Globe and Mail, Maclean's magazine and Conrad Black's former publication The National Post.

She now writes a weekly political column for the Toronto Star and contributes to CBC Radio. Her most recent book is It's the Crude, Dude: War, Big Oil and the Fight for the Planet.

SFU's Institute for the Humanities established the Grace MacInnis visiting scholar program in 1994 to honour the renowned Canadian politician and feminist who died in 1991.

Both McQuaig lectures are free and open to the public, although seating is limited for the evening lecture. To reserve seats call 604.291.5100 or email cs_hc@sfu.ca.

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