Federal politics has been abuzz since the National Post’s scoop that the governing Liberals have struck a deal with the Bloc Québécois to pass their hate crime reform bill by eliminating the special defence of religious belief to the criminal charge of wilful promotion of hate. Civil society and religious groups have expressed concern that the move puts the faithful at legal risk and could chill religious discourse with the threat of prosecution. The National Post explains the religious defence, where it came from, how it has been used, and how it guides controversial prosecutorial decisions about criminal hate speech. Read More

In their attempt to protect vulnerable Canadians from hate crimes, the Liberals are planning to criminalize faith. Read More

Somewhere across this great land, someone or something great is just getting started. This country is built on game-changing people, ideas and initiatives: Wayne Gretzky redefined a game; oil sands innovations helped us prosper; Frederick Banting transformed millions of lives; Loblaws changed how we live. Today, we launch a new National Post series that celebrates Canadian greatness, in whatever form we find it. Read More

Happy almost Bill of Rights Day! On Dec. 15, 1791, 10 amendments to the then-new United States Constitution were ratified in a deal to win acceptance of a frame of government to replace the unstable Articles of Confederation. Now known as the Bill of Rights, those amendments place limits, however imperfectly, on government. Read More

Readers will recall that I was censorious of Prime Minister Mark Carney's histrionic emulation of Winston Churchill during the election campaign, lacking only the siren-suit, the cigar and the eloquence, as he promised to lead Canada with raised elbows “in the fields and in the streets,” as he engaged U.S. President Donald Trump, whom he claimed was “trying to break us.” I have since been happy to commend the prime minister for enunciating a policy of promoting the intelligent exploitation and export of the treasure trove of Canada's natural resources, while protecting the environment. Read More

There are no restrictions to shopping or important decisions today. The Moon is in Cancer. Read More

OTTAWA — A new report from an expert panel struck to help guide the Liberals’ efforts to ban firearms shows the government appears to have ignored parts of its advice when it comes to certain makes of the SKS semi-automatic rifle. Read More

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has had Europe in his crosshairs since beginning a second White House term earlier this year. Read More

President Donald Trump praised cooperation between the U.S., Canada and Mexico at Friday’s World Cup draw, even as divisions over North American trade and immigration policy threaten to overshadow next year’s global soccer tournament hosted by the three neighbouring countries. Read More

When you know what to look for, shopping for holiday presents becomes much less stressful. Here are some thoughtful picks to make everyone, from the homebody to the theatre lover, feel truly special. Read More

Travel by Canadians is on the rise, with one major exception: the United States. Read More

Frank Gehry, the architect whose undulating, titanium-sheathed museum turned little-known Bilbao, Spain, into an international travel destination and ushered in an era of spectacular form-making, has died. He was 96. Read More

A federal judge in Florida granted the U.S. Justice Department’s request to unseal grand jury transcripts from the original criminal investigations into Jeffrey Epstein. Read More

Washington -- U.S. President Donald Trump became the first ever recipient of FIFA's new peace prize at the 2026 World Cup draw Friday -- a compensation gift for a leader whose dream of winning the Nobel remains unfulfilled. Read More

First Reading is a Canadian politics newsletter curated by the National Post’s own Tristin Hopper. To get an early version sent directly to your inbox, sign up here. Read More

Prominent Ontario lawyer Deepak Paradkar had his law licence suspended Friday while criminal courts in two countries deal with shocking allegations of him being a member of a powerful cocaine cartel, including helping orchestrate the murder of a U.S. government witness. Read More

Air Canada has prevailed in the Federal Court against a recent Canadian Transportation Agency decision that the judge said lacked “common sense.”  Read More

Streaming giant Netflix said Friday it will buy film and television studio Warner Bros. Discovery for nearly $83 billion, the entertainment industry's biggest consolidation deal this decade. Read More

A Toronto model says her Uber driver kicked her out of the vehicle into the dark night because she was Jewish. Read More

Our cookbook of the week is Let's Party by Dan Pelosi, a.k.a. GrossyPelosi. Read More

Canada continues to drift into darkness. These past few weeks, I have written about what I would call the flag of terror (the Palestinian flag) shamelessly raised over our cities. This is the same flag worn this week by Hamas terrorists on their fatigues as they delivered the body of Sudthisak Rinthalak to the Red Cross. He was a Thai farmer kidnapped on October 7th who they murdered in cold blood. Shame on us for raising this flag that, for many people, connotes murder, rape and violence. Read More

The federal Liberals are holding 43 per cent of support amongst decided Canadian voters, maintaining a lead over the Conservatives, who dropped two points last month to 36 per cent, according to a new Postmedia-Leger poll. Read More

British Columbians are understandably perplexed as to why their provincial government is going headlong down an economically devastating, undemocratic and divisive "reconciliation" path that is so obviously counter to the public interest. Read More

Two thirds of Canadians support sending our troops to countries such as Poland if Russia invades, according to a new Postmedia-Leger poll. Read More