National Post

Apr 23 2021 — Tom Blackwell — National Post — Close to two thirds of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine imported into Canada came from a U.S. factory that American authorities say was rife with quality-control issues, Health Canada confirmed Thursday. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said this week it will not allow the release of any vaccine made under contract at the Emergent Biosolutions […]

Apr 23 2021 — John Ivison — National Post — The federal government finally did the right thing by banning flights from India and Pakistan for 30 days — but only after it had tried everything else. Transport Minister Omar Alghabra said the higher number of cases of new variants required him to issue a notice halting direct passenger traffic from the two countries from […]

Apr 22 2021 — Michael Taube — National Post — Ontario Premier Doug Ford has had a rough few weeks in office, to put it mildly. Ford has been criticized for announcing yet another provincial stay-at-home order due to escalating COVID-19 cases. Critics have blasted him for everything from keeping struggling businesses closed to halting in-person learning in Ontario schools on several occasions. He announced […]

Apr 21 2021 — John Ivison — National Post — Less than 24 hours after his government announced $143 billion in new spending, Justin Trudeau was asked about provincial demands for more health-care transfers. “We have committed that we will increase transfers to the provinces — recurring and long-term…. We look forward to discussions about how we can make more investments in the long-term,” he […]

Apr 21 2021 — Tom Blackwell — National Post — It has been controversially labeled the “China virus,” but new research suggests Canada’s COVID-19 epidemic might be better nicknamed the America virus. More than half the imported variants of the pathogen that led to outbreaks in this country likely came from the United States, with Russia, India, Italy and the U.K. following well back as […]

Apr 20 2021 — Tasha Kheiriddin — National Post — One hundred billion dollars in new spending. The promise of a “green recovery.” Money for youth to prevent a “lost generation.” All items in the Liberal budget delivered Monday, and all ready-to-go election slogans. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau may claim he doesn’t want to go to the polls, but he apparently failed to tell that […]

Apr 19 2021 — John Ivison — National Post — If the Liberal Party does not regain its parliamentary majority after lavishing $143 billion in new spending on every sub-set of the Canadian population, it should call a royal commission of inquiry. Chrystia Freeland’s first budget professes to be about finishing the fight against COVID and building prosperity for the future. But the front-end-loaded nature […]

Apr 16 2021 — Randall Denley — National Post — Ontario Premier Doug Ford brought in the toughest pandemic restrictions the province has ever seen Friday. They better work because there isn’t much more the government can do. Ford’s new approach is an odd mix of bluster, misdirection, overdue restrictions and authoritarian, punitive measures that will infuriate Ontarians for little practical gain. It’s hard to […]

Apr 15 2021 — John Ivison — National Post — Erin O’Toole is likely to find his party is 100 per cent behind his new climate change plan – that being the best angle from which to stab him in the back. The Conservative leader knew he would face criticism from a movement that is often loath to adapt to changing times.

Apr 15 2021 — Matt Gurney — National Post — Imagine someone from the government came along and said that every time you filled up your car, you had to pay some guy named Frank five bucks. Not a penny of this would go to the government. But it would be the law that for each fill-up, you gave Frank $5. This isn’t a tax, […]

Apr 13 2021 — Tasha Kheiriddin — National Post — While the country reels in the grip of COVID’s third wave, and the federal government scrambles to get more vaccines, many political issues that would normally take centre stage have been shunted to the sidelines. One of the most serious matters is the investigation by the House of Commons’ defence committee into allegations of sexual […]

Apr 12 2021 — John Ivison — National Post — Ontario’s Education Minister Stephen Lecce wrote to parents on Sunday suggesting that in-person learning would resume in the province after the April school break. Less than 24 hours later, Lecce was sitting next to Doug Ford as the province’s premier said the spread of COVID meant kids would stay home indefinitely.

Apr 12 2021 — National Post — Matthew Fisher, who has died aged 66, was a Canadian war correspondent from a bygone era, a globetrotting solo reporter of no fixed address who witnessed the greatest and most dire news events of the last half century, from the fall of communism through the campaigns against al-Qaeda and ISIS.

Apr 8 2021 — Tyler Dawson — National Post — Alberta’s rural-urban divide has become a deeper problem for Alberta Premier Jason Kenney, as the province enters the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Earlier this week, Kenney announced another round of restrictions, saying it was his job to “make tough choices,” and taking the province back to strict rules that were in place in […]

Apr 8 2021 — Tyler Dawson — National Post — In a reversal of earlier pandemic trends, Canada is on the verge of matching — perhaps surpassing — the United States in the number of COVID-19 cases relative to its population. Updated data compiled from the Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 dataset shows that the United States sits at roughly 196 COVID-19 cases per one million […]