1. Evan Solomon was born on April 20,1968 and is a Canadian political candidate, columnist, political journalist, radio host, and publisher.
17 Facts About Evan Solomon
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Until 2022, he was the host of The Evan Solomon Show on Toronto-area talk radio station CFRB, and a writer for Maclean's magazine.
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Evan Solomon was the host of CTV's national political news programs Power Play and Question Period.
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Evan Solomon was born in Toronto, Ontario, the son of Virginia, an urban planner, and Carl Evan Solomon, a lawyer.
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Evan Solomon graduated from high school at Crescent School in Toronto, Ontario.
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Evan Solomon then graduated from McGill University in English literature and religious studies.
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Evan Solomon left the magazine in 1999 to promote his first novel, Crossing the Distance.
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Evan Solomon has worked as a broadcaster, hosting the series The Changemakers, FutureWorld and Hot Type for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
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In 2004, Evan Solomon worked as co-editor, with Heintzman, on Fueling the Future: How the Battle Over Energy is Changing Everything.
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Evan Solomon was the co-anchor with Carole MacNeil of CBC News: Sunday and CBC News: Sunday Night from 2004 to 2009.
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On June 9,2015, Evan Solomon was fired from CBC after the Toronto Star reported that he allegedly took secret commissions for brokering art sales of items owned by his friend and art collector Bruce Bailey to people he was connected to through his CBC position.
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Evan Solomon wrote a column for Maclean's magazine for the duration of the election campaign.
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In 2016, Evan Solomon announced that he was joining the Ottawa-area talk radio station CFRA.
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In September 2017, Solomon joined CFRB in Toronto for a new national talk radio program, The Evan Solomon Show, that aired on Bell Media radio stations nationally until Solomon's departure in October 2022.
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Evan Solomon continued to serve as a political and global affairs correspondent for CTV.
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In March 2025, Evan Solomon announced that he had left his roles at Eurasia Group and GZERO to run as a Liberal Party of Canada candidate for the riding of Toronto Centre in the 2025 Canadian federal election.
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Evan Solomon had resigned his position with CTV prior to Mark Carney's election as Liberal leader.