Adam Daifallah

Adam Daifallah is a Montreal-based lawyer, university lecturer, author and journalist.

Originally from Peterborough, Ontario, Adam is a graduate of Laval University law school (Class of '08), where he was the recipient of the Richard J. Schmeelk scholarship, and Queen's University (Class of '02) where he earned a BA (Honours) in history and political studies.

He currently practices in the business law group at a national law firm, teaches at McGill University’s North American Studies Department and is a fortnightly columnist for the National Post comment pages. 

Adam's second book, Rescuing Canada's Right: Blueprint for a Conservative Revolution (with Tasha Kheiriddin), published in 2005, was called "the most forward-thinking book on Canadian conservatism in more than a generation" by the Toronto Sun. His first book, Gritlock: Are the Liberals in Forever?, (with Peter G. White), was released in 2001. He has worked as a researcher on several books including both of Lord (Conrad) Black's presidential biographies: Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Champion of Freedom and The Invincible Quest: The Life of Richard Milhous Nixon.

Adam was a member of the National Post editorial board from 2003 to 2005. Previously, he was a Washington correspondent of The New York Sun, where he mainly covered foreign affairs. He reported from Iraq in May 2003. For the 2004-2005 school year, he was on fellowship at McGill University as a Sauvé Scholar. He is currently a member of the editorial board of c2c: Canada’s journal of ideas.

Adam's journalism career began with a weekly column in the Peterborough Examiner, which ran from 1998 to 2000. His articles and reviews have since been published in most major Canadian newspapers. He won first prize in the Institute for Humane Studies' 2002-2003 Felix Morley Journalism Competition for young writers and was a finalist in the 2001 Magna "As Prime Minister" Awards contest, winning $10,000 and a four-month, paid internship at Magna International, Inc. He is a frequent guest on public affairs programs on television and radio.

In the volunteer sector, Adam is a member of the Young Associates Committee of the Opéra de Montreal, a co-founder and director of the Saint-Lawrence Consortium and a member of the Angel Investors Relations Committee of the Concours Les anges financiers, a competition for young entrepreneurs run by the Montreal Junior Chamber of Commerce. He was a member of the board of directors of the foundation of the Naval Museum of Québec from 2006-2008, and was co-founder and finance chair of the 2008 Canadian Constitutional Affairs Conference at Laval University, a national meeting of law students to discuss the future of federalism in Canada.

Previously, Adam was active in student and party politics at the local, provincial and national levels. He was president of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Campus Association, the campus affiliate of the Ontario Tories, in 2001-2002 (Mike Harris’ last year as Premier) and policy director of the Progressive Conservative Youth Federation of Canada from 1998 to 2000.

Adam can be reached via email at adam @ daifallah.com

                                                                                                                      (April 2010)