It’s official: Mark Carney has won the prize of prime minister. Now, he must figure out how to keep it. Carney comes to the job with a lot of pluses, chiefly his steady demeanour and economic experience, but also a pile of vulnerabilities. Already the Conservatives are gleefully exploiting them, branding him a liar, sellout, and globalist. They are saturating social media with memes and clever ads, trying to define him before he calls an election, which is likely imminent, considering the latest Nanos poll puts them a mere percentage point ahead of the Liberals.  Read More

Lawyers representing Sean M. Higgins, the driver accused of killing Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau last summer, want their client’s indictment tossed, saying the grand jury didn’t learn about the brothers’ intoxication at the time of the crash, which could amount to possible “contributory negligence” in their own deaths. Read More

Sophie Grégoire Trudeau reflected on her journey as a "simple human, a woman, a non-official First Lady" in a social media post the same day Justin Trudeau gave his farewell speech as the Liberal leader. Read More

How many weeks, or months, will the prime minister-designate, Mark Carney, be facing off with U.S. President Donald Trump in our current trade war? And how much damage could Carney do to Canada during this time? Does he know how to handle the whims of Trump’s ego-driven relationships with world leaders? Read More

OTTAWA — U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he will impose a 50 per cent tariff on Canadian steel and aluminum, up from his previous 25 per cent threat, starting on Wednesday. Read More

Ontario is re-examining its trade strategy in the wake of American tariffs on Canadian goods, looking to focus on opening up new markets and attracting more overseas investment once the immediate economic threat passes. Read More

Late Thursday night and into Friday morning, Canadians under clear skies will be able to watch a lunar eclipse, as the moon gets covered by the shadow of the Earth and turns a dark, smoky reddish-brown for a little over an hour. Here's what to know about this celestial event, also known as a "blood moon" for its colour. Read More

High-stakes talks between senior delegations from Ukraine and the United States on how to end Kyiv's three-year war with Moscow opened in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, hours after Russian air defenses shot down 337 Ukrainian drones over Russia. Read More

U.S. President Donald Trump said he’ll buy a new Tesla to support Elon Musk, after shares of the electric-car maker had their worst day in four years amid a growing backlash over Musk’s political allegiances. Read More

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. Read More

This week, Fox News columnist David Marcus published a short piece about the surprises that greeted him on a weekend visit to Calgary. The theme of the piece is: hey, these people are really angry about Trump’s trade war! Marcus half-expected Canada to be preoccupied with the Liberal Party leadership race and the imminent choice of a new prime minister — but all anybody wanted to talk about in the cozy confines of the James Joyce Pub in Calgary were feelings of betrayal and confusion toward the United States. Even the television news (“Imagine a country in which basically every news channel is MSNBC”) was all tariffs, all the time. Read More

March Break is here, and we, as Canadians, have a choice to make. We can continue pouring billions into the U.S. economy, or we can stand tall, redirect our spending, and reaffirm our commitment to our own economic strength and cultural heritage. Our Heritage, Sport, Tourism, and Culture Industries (HSTCIs) aren’t just about making memories — they are a $210 billion economic powerhouse, fueling Canadian jobs, businesses, and communities. Read More

An Ontario town is considering bringing a statue of Prime Minister John A. Macdonald back out of storage after it was defaced in 2020 amid a heated debate over the legacy of Canada's first prime minister. Read More

Canadian opinion of the United States has fallen so far so fast that it is driving a historic "realignment" of which countries Canadians see as their main allies, a new survey suggests. Read More

The following has been excerpted from The Victim Cult: How the Grievance Culture is Wrecking Civilization, by Mark Milke Read More

Canada Did What?! is a Postmedia podcast that digs into the untold, surprising political stories of the last few decades with host Tristin Hopper. From the metric wars to Morgentaler, from the October Crisis to the abortion debate, we’re unpacking all the wildest political moments you might think you remember — and giving you the real story you never knew. We talk to the politicians, journalists and newsmakers who were right there when history happened. And we have a lot of fun doing it.  Read More

OTTAWA — U.S.-driven tariff chaos has lit a fire under Canada's political leaders to scrap long-lingering barriers to internal trade, but experts say powerful provincial Crown corporations could be one of the biggest obstacles to real progress. Read More

OTTAWA - A new French-language advertisement starring Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre begins uncharacteristically for a campaign ad, with Poilievre offering an admission that his style of politics can seem brusque at times, especially to Quebecers. Read More

Shall I begin with the Ides of March? Read More

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia -- A Ukrainian delegation set to meet with America's top diplomat in Saudi Arabia about ending the 3-year war with Russia will propose a ceasefire covering the Black Sea and long-range missile strikes, as well as the release of prisoners, two senior Ukrainian officials said Monday. Read More

Ontario has placed a surcharge of 25 per cent on electricity exported to the United States as of Monday, and the government says it could raise that amount even higher in response to further American escalation. Read More

An Ontario judge has slammed his colleagues for damaging the “institutional credibility” of the court system after they gave no prison time to a gunman at an infamous Toronto funeral shooting. Read More

OTTAWA — National Post Ottawa bureau chief Stuart Thomson sits down with parliamentary reporter Christopher Nardi to discuss Mark Carney's election as Liberal leader and how betting markets can be used to predict Canadian politics. Read More

Service Canada expects to receive 5.74 million passport applications for 2024-25 and one way it plans to help deal with growing demand is with a money back guarantee: get your passport within 30 days or it's free. Read More

Mark Carney isn't even prime minister yet, and he is already debasing the highest office in the land by giving oxygen to conspiracy theories. During his speech after winning the Liberal leadership on Sunday, he all but accused Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre of being a national security threat, nodding to baseless allegations that have fermented online for months. Read More

Canadians planning to travel to the United States may be affected by a new policy that would have them register if they are south of the border for more than 30 days. Read More

OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre on Monday accused newly crowned Liberal Leader Mark Carney of trying to "distract" from how he spent his time before entering politics by focusing on U.S. President Donald Trump. Read More

As grocers increasingly highlight Canadian products amid a trade war with the U.S., Loblaw is rolling out new symbols alongside prices that include an indication that a product's price has been affected by retaliatory tariffs. Read More

On Sunday, Mark Carney and Pierre Poilievre both delivered near 30-minute speeches to their enthusiastic supporters, but they were remarkably different in content, presentation and passion. Read More

OTTAWA — A day into his new role, Prime Minister-designate Mark Carney has already managed to anger some Muslim voters and Liberal supporters by appointing former public safety minister Marco Mendicino as his chief of staff. Read More

A new House of Representatives bill introduced last week would ensure U.S. President Donald Trump — or any sitting president — from using federal funds for a military invasion of Canada. Read More

Canadians appeared to be abandoning road trips to the U.S. amid President Donald Trump’s sovereignty and economic threats to their country. Read More

Shock and awe followed by erratic moves is how Donald Trump is used to negotiating, as historian, businessman and Postmedia columnist Conrad Black (who occasionally speaks with the president) tells Brian this week. Trump is determined to end the era of other countries picking America’s pocket in myriad ways and is using tariffs to do it. Black says he gets the impression the Trump administration wants out of this Canadian trade war. But that doesn’t mean we’ll get back the free-trade world we had. So, he advises, Canada had better adapt to the dramatically changed economic and geopolitical reality and get a prime minister who can build our economy despite Trump (and Mark Carney isn’t it). (Recorded March 6, 2025) Read More

A cargo ship hit a tanker carrying jet fuel for the American military off the coast of eastern England Monday, setting both vessels on fire and sending fuel pouring into the North Sea. Read More

Saudi Arabia is to host talks on Tuesday between the United States and Ukraine in a new diplomatic push after an argument erupted during President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s Feb. 28 visit to the White House. Read More

The Bank of Canada's interest rate announcement arrives on Wednesday in a cloud of uncertainty thanks to a shifting trade war with the United States. Read More

Late last month, a six-year-old boy waiting for a bus in Halifax was attacked and stabbed repeatedly in a completely random assault committed in broad daylight. The suspect, 19-year-old Elliott Chorny, was described by her own mother in a Facebook post as a “severely unwell person” whose family had tried for years to put her in treatment or custody in a bid “to try and protect the community.” Read More

When his victory was announced in a noisy convention hall in downtown Ottawa, Sunday night, Mark Carney slowly rose to his feet, turned to kiss his wife, and started hugging and shaking hands with Liberal party members all around him as music and cheers drowned all else out. Once the room quieted, he sat beaming up at one of his daughters, now on stage, as she gave the audience, and the country, a formal introduction to Canada’s next prime minister. Read More