National Post

Jul 14 2022 — Adrian Humphreys — National Post — Most Canadians disapprove of Justin Trudeau’s performance as prime minister and feel he is a divisive leader, with almost as many hoping he resigns before the next election, according to a new public opinion survey probing the legacy of Canada’s leader. The results of the Postmedia-Léger survey suggest Trudeau faces challenges in his continued electoral […]

Jul 13 2022 — John Ivison — National Post — It is not being wise after the event to suggest that the Trudeau government contributed mightily to the Bank of Canada’s biggest interest rate hike since 1998. Nearly two years ago, the OECD said that, as Canada’s GDP fell by 10 per cent in the second pandemic-hit quarter of 2020, household income grew by 11 […]

Jul 13 2022 — Adrian Humphreys — National Post — Conservative leadership hopeful Pierre Poilievre drew commanding support in a public opinion survey of Conservative Party of Canada voters, approaching 50 per cent of respondents selecting him as their top choice. Poilievre was selected as the best to be the next Conservative leader by 48 per cent of respondents, compared to 14 per cent for […]

Jul 12 2022 — John Ivison — National Post — In the Financial Post last week, my colleague William Watson called for Canada to adopt a more nuanced view of the struggle between reducing carbon emissions and ensuring the lights stay on. He offered up the example of Birgitte Nyborg, the fictional Danish foreign minister in the brilliant drama Borgen, who, having run on a […]

Jul 12 2022 — Catherine Lévesque — National Post — Patrick Brown’s campaign confirmed on Tuesday that it endorses Jean Charest as federal Conservative leader in hopes of defeating Pierre Poilievre, with Charest promising to offer a “home” to the tens of thousands of politically homeless Brown supporters.

Jul 12 2022 — Kelly McParland — National Post — If Pierre Poilievre wins the Conservative leadership race, which Patrick Brown’s departure seems to make even more likely, Canadians should probably prepare themselves for a stepped-up effort to change their understanding of Canada’s favoured few.

Jul 11 2022 — Ryan Tumilty — National Post — The Conservative party is bringing in outside lawyers to decide how to respond to appeals from Patrick Brown’s leadership campaign as they seek to have Brown’s disqualification from the race overturned. Brown was disqualified last week over allegations he breached election law by having a campaign worker paid by an outside corporation. The complaint the […]

Jul 8 2022 — National Post — NDP leader Jagmeet Singh said Friday the Rogers service outage “highlights the dangers of our monopolized industry,” as critics called for government to investigate the outage that left millions of Canadians without internet or phone service.

Jul 8 2022 — John Ivison — National Post — At the outset of the pandemic, a small army of unsung public servants was overwhelmed by a Niagara of employment insurance applications, as one-quarter of the Canadian workforce found itself out of work. Through a combination of ingenuity and dedication, they processed more than two million claims in three weeks and got money into the […]

Jul 8 2022 — Ben Woodfinden — National Post — The Conservative leadership race is over. Barring something extremely unexpected, Pierre Poilievre will be the next leader of the Conservative party, and he may well be the next prime minister. Patrick Brown’s disqualification only cements this outcome. The victory is likely to be a big one as well, with a first ballot win a serious […]

Jul 7 2022 — Sabrina Maddeaux — National Post — The Conservative leadership race has been anything but boring, bringing renewed interest to the party along with hundreds of thousands of new members. The party badly needed fresh energy along with broad support from a larger pool of voters, but there’s a fine line between an exciting race and one that starts to look like […]

Jul 7 2022 — Christopher Nardi — National Post — Members of the Conservative leadership committee responsible for vetting candidates recommended back in the spring that Patrick Brown’s campaign application not be approved, National Post has learned. Multiple sources familiar with deliberations of the Conservative Party of Canada’s Leadership Election Organizing Committee (LEOC) told National Post that the members of its Leadership Candidate Nomination Committee […]

Jul 7 2022 — John Ivison — National Post — The art of diplomacy is to express disquiet in the most gracious way possible. Yulia Kovaliv, Ukraine’s new ambassador to Canada, is not a career diplomat but she is learning quickly. She said she is grateful for the military and humanitarian support extended to her embattled country. But she noted that the war in Ukraine […]

Jul 7 2022 — Chris Selley — National Post — When the news of Patrick Brown’s expulsion from the Conservative leadership race broke on Tuesday evening, judging by social media posts, most everyone’s minds logically went in the direction of membership fraud — anything between buying memberships for genuinely interested people (which is illegal) to something far more complex and flamboyantly dodgy. Among the revelations […]

Jul 7 2022 — Michael Taube — National Post — The Conservative leadership race is a battle for the heart and soul of the party, that is, a political realignment to ensure the party and movement is refocused, ideologically consistent and on the right track to form government.