If Canadians elect Liberal Leader Mark Carney in the 2025 election, they will have chosen the path of “severe pain,” Canadian psychologist Jordan Peterson said in a Tuesday interview with American podcaster Joe Rogan. 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

The 2025 election is already featuring a record-shattering level of voter turnout. Elections Canada has reported that an all-time high of two million voters turned out for the first day of advance voting on Saturday. As this newsletter has covered often, voter turnout is the variable to watch in this election. Many electoral projections are based on the 2021 and 2019 elections, both of which featured disproportionately low rates of voter turnout. If 2025 turns into a high-turnout election, it could easily turn a lot of those predictions on their heads. Read More