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'''Haroon Siddiqui''', {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|CM|OOnt}} is an [[Indo-Canadian]] newspaper [[journalism|journalist]], [[columnist]] and a former [[newspaper editor|editor]].

==Early life and career==

Siddiqui continued as a columnist at the Star until 2015. His farewell column of 1 April 2015 marked his retirement from journalism.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2015/04/01/haroon-siddiquis-parting-reflections-on-career-and-country.html | title=Haroon Siddiqui’s parting reflections on career and country | first=Haroon | last=Siddiqui | date=1 April 2015 | newspaper=Toronto Star | accessdate=16 June 2018 }}</ref>

==Awards and distinctions==
He shared a 1983 [[National Newspaper Award]] for spot news reporting. In 1992 and column writing in 1998. Siddiqui received a Professional Man of the Year award from Indo Canadian [[Chamber of Commerce]], and a media award from the [[Canadian Islamic Congress]].{{Citation needed|date= January 2022}}

In 2000, and 2001 he became a member of the [[Order of Ontario]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Order of Ontario Appointees by year of Appointment|url=http://www.citizenship.gov.on.ca/english/citizenship/honours/orderofontario_appointees.shtml|publisher=Citizenship.gov.on.ca|accessdate=2012-11-15}}</ref> for crafting "a broader definition of the Canadian identity," inclusive of our First Nations, French Canadians and newer Canadians.<ref name=concord>{{cite web|title=Award winning Toronto Star columnist Haroon Siddiqui to speak at Lecture on Diversity in Canadian Media, Sept. 22|url=http://news.concordia.ca/events/015216.shtml|publisher=[http://news.concordia.ca Concordia News]|accessdate=2012-11-15|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306132926/http://news.concordia.ca/events/015216.shtml|archivedate=2012-03-06}}</ref>

In 2001, Siddiqui was awarded an [[honorary degree|honorary]] [[Doctor of Letters]] from [[York University]].<ref name=concord/> In 2002, he was awarded the World Press Freedom Award by the National Press Club in Ottawa for his James Minifie Memorial Lecture at the [[University of Regina]],<ref name=concord/> warning against "creeping censorship" in Canada under media concentration.{{Citation needed|date= January 2022}}

==Criticisms==
Writing in ''[[Toronto Life]]'' in June 2001, [[Robert Fulford (journalist)|Robert Fulford]] maintained that "Siddiqui makes the most strenuous effort to bathe Third World countries in a soft light. No matter how outrageous its actions, a non-Western government can usually count on him for a little understanding."<ref>[http://www.rrj.ca/issue/2002/spring/364/ ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927021813/http://www.rrj.ca/issue/2002/spring/364/ |date=27 September 2007 }}</ref>

In a June 2013 column, Siddiqui demanded that Canada's Minister of Citizenship and Immigration [[Jason Kenney]] "should resign or be fired."<ref>[http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2013/06/03/full-pundit-look-what-youve-done-mike-duffy/ Full Pundit: Look what you’ve done, Mike Duffy] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20131224183602/http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2013/06/03/full-pundit-look-what-youve-done-mike-duffy/ |date=24 December 2013 }} by Chris Selley, ''[[National Post]]'', 3 June 2013.</ref> In an article the following month, Siddiqui accused Kenney, of "turn[ing] immigration into a tool of anti-Arab and anti-Muslim bigotry," and of "barring refugee claimants from ‘safe third countries.’"<ref>[https://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2013/07/25/memo_to_chris_alexander_canadas_new_immigration_minister.html Memo to Chris Alexander, Canada’s new immigration minister] by Haroon Siddiqui, ''[[Toronto Star]]'', 25 July 2013.</ref> Chris Selley, writing in the ''[[National Post]]'', pointed out that immigration levels of individuals speaking Arabic as a first language have actually increased during Kenney's tenure. Regarding Siddiqui's second claim, Shelley argued that refugees from "safe third countries" are not automatically refused refugee status by Canada but rather are "directed them into an expedited system with a somewhat weaker appeals process."<ref>[http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2013/08/02/chris-selley-in-defence-of-jason-kenney/ In defence of Jason Kenney] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20131224183540/http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2013/08/02/chris-selley-in-defence-of-jason-kenney/ |date=24 December 2013 }} by Chris Selley, ''[[National Post]]'', 2 August 2013.</ref> Selley also argued that Siddiqui's accusation against Kenney in this regard was "a massive factual error that you’d think an expert on this matter wouldn’t make."<ref>[http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2013/07/25/full-pundit-everyone-hates-the-economic-action-plan-ads/ Full Pundit: Everyone hates the Economic Action Plan ads] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20131224183628/http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2013/07/25/full-pundit-everyone-hates-the-economic-action-plan-ads/ |date=24 December 2013 }} by Chris Selley, ''[[National Post]]'', 25 July 2013.</ref>

==See also==
* [[Siddiqui]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070927021813/http://www.rrj.ca/issue/2002/spring/364/ Haroon and the Sea of Opinions] (''[[Ryerson Review of Journalism]]'', Spring 2002)
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080518003431/http://www.canadian-universities.net/News/Press-Releases/February_10_2005_Discussion_tackles_Islamic_cartoon_debate.html On Journalism being subject to "hate laws"]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070501090123/http://www.citizenship.gov.on.ca/english/citdiv/honours/order/order-winners00.htm#21 Haroon Siddiqui], 2000 [[Order of Ontario]] recipients' page
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070311134557/http://www.gg.ca/honours/search-recherche/honours-desc.asp?lang=e&TypeID=orc&id=6492 Haroon Siddiqui], 2001 [[Order of Canada#Member|Order of Canada]] citation

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