Featured National Perspectives
FIRST READING: How Conservatives became the party of the poor and downtrodden
First Reading is a daily newsletter keeping you posted on the travails of Canadian politicos, all curated by the National Post’s own Tristin Hopper. To get an early version sent directly to your inbox, sign up here. TOP STORY ...
'Yes, there will be peace, Canada ... after we kill everyone': The imagined thoughts of Hamas
This week saw the spectacle of the NDP forcing the House of Commons into a vote on Palestinian statehood. With some of them clad in keffiyeh — a symbol of armed Palestinian resistance to Israeli rule — the party led an ultimately unsuccessful bid ...
Colby Cosh: Justin Trudeau's unlikely reputational recovery
This week, colleague Ivison presented an argument that Canadian prime ministers often become more popular over time once they’re out of our hair, and that this may prove true even of Justin Trudeau despite his apparently inevitable ...
FIRST READING: Liberal plan to quietly delay election would secure millions for their doomed MPs
First Reading is a daily newsletter keeping you posted on the travails of Canadian politicos, all curated by the National Post’s own Tristin Hopper. To get an early version sent directly to your inbox, sign up here. TOP STORY ...
FIRST READING: B.C. Auditor General says 'safer supply' program is secretive, disorganized
First Reading is a daily newsletter keeping you posted on the travails of Canadian politicos, all curated by the National Post’s own Tristin Hopper. To get an early version sent directly to your inbox, sign up here. TOP STORY ...
Secret RCMP report warns Canadians may revolt once they realize how broke they are
A secret RCMP report is warning the federal government that Canada may descend into civil unrest once citizens realize the hopelessness of their economic situation. “The coming period of recession will … accelerate the decline in living ...
FIRST READING: The utter circus of Monday's Palestinian statehood debate
First Reading is a daily newsletter keeping you posted on the travails of Canadian politicos, all curated by the National Post’s own Tristin Hopper. To get an early version sent directly to your inbox, sign up here. TOP STORY ...
Colby Cosh: Even Princess Kate kneels to the all-powerful photo editor
I have to admit that I found something faintly ludicrous in the way that the Princess of Wales’s alleged misadventures in Photoshop fuelled a global explosion of conspiracy theorizing. Last week, Kensington Palace, the household of Prince William ...
LETTERS: Bullying and youth discussed by P.E.I. letter writers
Consider the future Be careful what you do when you are young. It will come back to haunt you at old age. I know. I am 82 years old. Kenneth Biso, Charlottetown, P.E.I. Bullying in the legislature It is hard to believe a few short weeks ago it was ...
SCOTT TAYLOR: Who will be Canada’s next chief of the defence staff?
On Jan. 12, Gen. Wayne Eyre announced his intention to step down as Canada's chief of the defence staff. Eyre will not hang up his uniform until later this summer, but already there is growing speculation as to which general officer or flag officer ...