First Reading is a Canadian politics newsletter that throughout the 2025 election will be a daily digest of campaign goings-on, all curated by the National Post’s own Tristin Hopper. To get an early version sent directly to your inbox, sign up here. Read More

Liberal MP Paul Chiang said something profoundly unpardonable. Liberal Leader Mark Carney was perfectly content to pardon him for it. But public outrage ensued, so Chiang fell on his sword and resigned. End of story. Read More

OTTAWA — A new poll suggests the Liberals are widening the gap in three key provinces, all expected battlegrounds to form the next federal government. Read More

The 2025 Canadian federal election is underway, and there is an issue that needs to become a campaign priority for all parties, politicians and voters: freedom of expression. Western civilization is at an inflection point when it comes to free speech and censorship. We need to consider the direction we are going as a free society, and whether we want to become another example of increased censorship, or an example to the world on the value of open discourse free from fear. Read More

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Gunfire erupted as thousands of protesters in Haiti clashed with police on Wednesday as they denounced a surge in gang violence and demanded that the government keep them safe. Read More

When the first president of the United States,  George Washington, announced the Tariff Act of 1789, imposing a five per cent tariff on all imports, did he botch things as badly as the 47th president did on Wednesday? Read More

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio travels this week to a gathering of top diplomats from NATO countries and is sure to find allies that are alarmed, angered and confused by the Trump administration's desire to reestablish ties with Russia and its escalating rhetorical attacks on longtime transatlantic partners. Read More

The Competition Bureau pushed back on Google in its ongoing lawsuit over the tech giant's advertising practices in Canada, accusing the company of seeking to mask its alleged anticompetitive conduct. Read More

Although Canada largely appears to have been spared from Donald Trump's latest round of tariffs, at his press conference on Wednesday, the president aired specific complaints about Canadian trade practices and made it abundantly clear that when it comes to trade, America is only looking out for its own interests. Read More

The Tax Court of Canada has issued a set of public warnings in a case involving a "leveraged donation scheme" where prospective donors were lured with promises that their tax breaks would eclipse their contributions, but in reality they ended up ineligible for charitable donation tax credits. Read More

Toronto-born musician Neil Young, who is also an American citizen, says he "may be barred" from entering the United States over comments he made about President Donald Trump. Read More

Senate Republicans faced pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump to oppose a Democratic resolution that would nullify the presidential emergency on fentanyl he is using to implement tariffs on Canada. Read More

WASHINGTON — Democratic Sen. Cory Booker ended his record-setting speech the same way he began it, more than 25 hours earlier: by invoking the words of his mentor, the late congressman and civil rights icon John Lewis. Read More

In the early days of the 2025 federal election, predictions of possible outcome scenarios have radically altered from what looked like a Conservative sweep to power when the year began. Read More

OTTAWA — After weeks of anticipation, Canada was spared from additional U.S. tariffs on Wednesday as President Donald Trump unveiled sweeping new border levies on imports to the U.S. from dozens of countries on what the president has called "Liberation Day." Read More

TORONTO — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said Wednesday he has not reached out to anyone in U.S. President Donald Trump's administration to ensure that he "does not divide Canada's voice." Read More

(April 2, 2025 / JNS) -- The Israel Defense Forces has deployed another division to the Gaza Strip following overnight strikes on the enclave’s south, with Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz stating on Wednesday morning that “Operation Strength and Sword” is being expanded. Read More

America's 49th state is showing support for the country that U.S. President Donald Trump wants to make its 51st. Read More

Val Kilmer, the charismatic actor whose baritone voice and range propelled him to stardom in roles such as Batman and Tom "Iceman" Kazansky in the "Top Gun" films, died April 1 at age 65. Read More

The Trump administration said it made an “administrative error” in deporting a suspected MS-13 gang member to an El Salvador prison despite an immigration judge’s order barring his removal to that nation. Read More

First Reading is a Canadian politics newsletter that throughout the 2025 election will be a daily digest of campaign goings-on, all curated by the National Post’s own Tristin Hopper. To get an early version sent directly to your inbox, sign up here. Read More

Take a walk down Toronto’s Queen Street West between Bathurst Street and Trinity Bellwoods Park and you’ll pass by the Offworld Bar, a space-themed watering hole with intergalactic cocktails and out-of-this-world snacks. But it's about to blast off. Read More

If we look past all the name-calling, scandals and competing tax cuts, this election fundamentally comes down to one question: do Canadians trust the Liberals to do now what they have failed to do over the past decade? Judging by the party's newly released housing plan, the answer should be a resounding "no." Read More

OTTAWA — Two-thirds of Canadians think Liberal leader Mark Carney should proactively reveal his business interests before election day, according to a new poll. Read More

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Maurice Shnaider was shattered when he learned his niece, Shiri Bibas, and her two children Ariel and Kfir, had been torn from Kibbutz Nir Oz during the Hamas-led attack on October 7, 2023. After 500 days, their bodies were returned to Israel, Feb. 20. Read More

Democracy need not, as the adage goes, always die in darkness. These days, the surgical light of a courtroom does the trick. Read More

OTTAWA — Canada, as well as the world, is holding its breath as U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to announce new sweeping tariffs Wednesday against "key sectors," a further escalation of a trade war that is upending the global economy. Read More

There is a time-tested reality: every strength, when pushed to excess, becomes a weakness. That is true personally, organizationally and societally. Read More

MONTREAL -- Pressure is starting to mount on Quebec to reconsider its cap-and-trade emissions pricing system after the federal consumer tax ended Tuesday. Read More

WASHINGTON -- With President Donald Trump's so-called "Liberation Day" of tariff implementation fast approaching, Senate Democrats are putting Republican support for some of those plans to the test by forcing a vote to nullify the emergency declaration that underpins the tariffs on Canada. Read More

OTTAWA — The Conservatives have dropped a second candidate in less than 24 hours. Read More

With Canada’s six-year national carbon tax experiment coming to an end, the early results are that program has collected about $45 billion while having few immediately perceptible impacts on carbon emissions. Read More

Bartending experience isn’t on any forward-facing curriculum vitae for either Mark Carney or Pierre Poilievre, but the Liberal and Conservative party leaders found themselves slinging suds on Monday. Read More

Pierre Poilievre put forward a solid pitch to voters during his visit to St. John’s on Tuesday, focusing on the “lost Liberal decade” and the policies that contributed to the “poorest growth in the G7.” Read More