Talk of Conservative 'infighting' misses the bigger story: the party is messily reinventing itself nationalpost.com/news/canada/...

Federal surtax on cheap wood imports good first step, but more needed, industry says nationalpost.com/news/federal...

Conservatives lose fundraising ‘bazooka’ as Liberals close the gap in first half of 2026 By @LeftHandStu #cdnpoli hilltimes.com/2026/08/03/c...

With Canada set to intensify trade negotiations with the U.S. in the coming weeks, trade analysts say the premiers must give the federal government latitude to negotiate from a position of strength. nationalpost.com/news/trade-a...

Premiers need to give leeway for feds to negotiate hard with Trump, trade analysts say

Trade analysts say the premiers must give the federal government latitude to negotiate from a position of strength.

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While the five per cent base contribution will indeed be eliminated, the Canadian programming expenditures requirements — aimed at supporting the production of Canadian and Indigenous content — will still apply to online streaming services, a spokesperson explained. nationalpost.com/news/ottawa-...

Ottawa to scrap base contribution requirement for large U.S. streamers and replace it with government funding

Recent correspondence from the Federal Court of Appeal shed some light on the government’s intentions about the Online Streaming Act.

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“I’ve been involved in budgets since 1977, and I’ve never seen such a lack of transparency,” said Don Drummond, former chief economist at TD Bank and professor at Queen’s University. nationalpost.com/news/economi...

Economists sound the alarm about 'very concerning' lack of transparency on federal finances

Economists are sounding the alarm on what they view is a lack of transparency around the federal government’s spending and fiscal outlook.

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Philippe J. Fournier, creator of the poll analysis website 338Canada, said that while all three races will be interesting to watch, there is no doubt in his mind Chicoutimi—Le Fjord will be the most compelling on Aug. 31. @nationalpost.bsky.social nationalpost.com/news/this-qu...

Why this Quebec byelection is the race to watch next month

Two other by-elections will take place in the Toronto riding of Beaches—East York and in the B.C. riding of North Vancouver—Capilano.

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While Canadians have been focused on Donald Trump hounding them about becoming the “51st state” and squeezing their cross-border trade, the U.S. president has been quietly fiddling around with the rules for waters along the Canada-U.S. border. nationalpost.com/news/what-tr...

What Trump's tinkering around with water at the Canadian border could be about

Rollback of a Boundary Waters mining moratorium raises questions about whether Trump's pressure campaign could extend to water agreements.

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The Liberal government has yet to say whether it plans to extend Canada’s ban on foreign homebuyers — even as internal briefing notes warned time is running short to renew the policy before the ban expires. #cdnpoli

Liberals won’t say if foreign homebuyer ban will be extended as renewal window narrows

If the government does nothing, Canada's ban, which first came into force in 2023, will sunset automatically on Jan. 1, 2027.

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Wildfires in Minnesota are also contributing to the smoke. But midwestern Republicans are ignoring the latter, preferring to point threateningly at Canada, issuing warnings and aiming to introduce legislation to hold Canada accountable. nationalpost.com/news/canada/...

Midwestern Republicans blame Canada, level threats for drifting wildfire smoke

“FINAL WARNING TO CANADA: Manage your forests to prevent these fires. American lungs are paying the price for Canadian inaction,” one wrote.

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This is the "luxury" meal we were served on the PM's plane heading to the NATO Summit in Turkey last week. torontosun.com/news/nationa...

Observers told @nationalpost.bsky.social that a confluence of factors, from U.S. tariffs to Iran’s seizure of the Strait of Hormuz, had sharply exposed fragilities in global trade and energy security, prompting the Carney government to recalibrate its thinking. nationalpost.com/news/carney-...

Carney was iffy on a pipeline. Now his government's building one itself. Here's what changed his mind

Private proponents had given up on building just as Asian buyers were pressing Carney for oil and a new Gulf crisis exposed global fragility

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Mark Carney has no intention of reviving a Liberal caucus in the Senate but is prepared to beef up Conservative ranks in the upper chamber, the government’s representative in the Senate Pierre Moreau tells @nationalpost.bsky.social nationalpost.com/news/politic...

Carney may name more Conservative senators to beef up ranks, says Liberal Senate representative

Conservatives received over 41 per cent of votes in the last election and their voice in the Senate cannot wither away , Pierre Moreau said.

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Prime Minister Mark Carney missed a huge opportunity in Saudi Arabia last week to advocate for human rights, said the son of a Saudi dissident unable to leave the country to join his family in Canada. “I was very disappointed,” said Tirad Badawi. nationalpost.com/news/mark-ca...

'Monumental failure': Captive Saudi dissident's son says Carney let down human rights during visit

"I was very disappointed,” said Raif's son, Tirad Badawi. “Canadians want their prime minister to raise the issue of human rights even more"

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For business people such as Skinner Buksevics, the managing director of Painted Rock Estate Winery in Penticton, B.C., it’s a mystery what happened to all that momentum from a year ago. Story by Simon Tuck @nationalpost.bsky.social nationalpost.com/news/canada/...

Mark Carney vowed free trade within Canada by this month. It's still not happening

The One Canadian Economy Act last June promised to remove the federal portion of internal barriers by July 1, 2026.

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Canadians may have caught FIFA World Cup fever, that doesn’t mean that Canada Revenue Agency employees can jury rig a TV antenna to an office television to make sure they don’t miss out on the action. @nationalpost.bsky.social nationalpost.com/news/politic...

CRA cries foul on employee who brought antenna to work to watch 2018 FIFA World Cup game

Canadians may have caught FIFA World Cup fever, that doesn't mean that CRA employees can jury rig a TV antenna to an office television.

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Canada’s three-way trade pact with the United States and Mexico will undergo annual reviews after the U.S. declined Wednesday to agree to a 16-year extension of the deal in its “current form.” nationalpost.com/news/politic...

Canada-United States-Mexico trade pact enters annual reviews, after U.S. declines renewal

As Canada turns 159, it prepares to enter a phase where its free trade deal with the U.S. and Mexico could become subject to annual reviews.

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Although Prime Minister Mark Carney usually works to emphasize his government’s differences from that of his predecessor’s, he and Justin Trudeau each touted the importance of connection as the country turned 159. nationalpost.com/news/canada/...

Battling heat and separatism, Carney and Trudeau each tout strength through 'connection' on Canada Day

Carney usually emphasizes his government's differences from that of his predecessor's, he and Trudeau touted the importance of connection.

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Russian cybercriminals managed to hack into a Quebec municipality’s water treatment plant systems and had the ability to wreak havoc on the crucial infrastructure before getting caught, according to Canada’s cyber spy agency. Great story by @christopher.bsky.social nationalpost.com/news/politic...

Russian group hacked Quebec water treatment plant, gained access to control pumps and chlorine dosing: CSE

Russian cybercriminals managed to hack into a Quebec municipality's water treatment plant systems.

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Defence Minister David McGuinty would not say if an independent Quebec joining NATO and NORAD was realistic or feasible when asked by National Post last week. “Right now we’re consumed with working our way forward in our relationship with the alliances that exist.” nationalpost.com/news/the-pq-...

The PQ wants an independent Quebec to join NATO or NORAD. Here's why that might be tricky

The PQ is be banking on the idea that the US and the rest of Canada will not want to have a territory the size of Quebec remain undefended.

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Opposition Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is changing up his roster of critics, as his MPs prepare to hit the summer barbecue circuit in what is his first major shuffle since returning to the House of Commons last year. @nationalpost.bsky.social nationalpost.com/news/politic...

Poilievre taps new critics for Canada-U.S. relations, finance, justice, ethics and AI

Poilievre is changing up his roster of critics, as his MPs prepare to hit the summer barbecue circuit.

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Criticism is mounting for a proposed federal-provincial program that would acquire unsold condo units in BC and convert them into affordable housing. “It’s socializing losses,” Ron Butler, host of the Angry Mortgage Podcast, told @nationalpost.bsky.social nationalpost.com/news/sociali...

'Socializing losses': Critics pan federal plan to acquire unsold condos from developers in B.C.

Federal plan to buy 2,200 condo units for affordable housing has received criticism for lack of transparency

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With the looming deadline of Alberta’s pipeline application, a referendum on the horizon, trade discussions to decide the future of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) and several MP resignations in the coming weeks, the PM is bound to have a lot on his plate. nationalpost.com/news/thunder...

Thunderclouds are on the horizon in Carney's long, hot political summer

With the looming Alberta pipeline application, trade discussions on CUSMA and several MP resignations, he will have a lot on his plate.

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Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government signalled Wednesday that it’s working towards designating its first set of major infrastructure projects in the national interest by fall 2026, deploying yet-to-be-used powers to grant upfront approvals. nationalpost.com/news/canada/...

Carney government names first three infrastructure projects as candidates for fast-tracked approvals

The announcement comes nearly one year to the day that Carney's Building Canada Act became law.

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A wise decision: The document, which @mtlgazette.bsky.social has chosen not to publish or link to avoid amplifying its message, contains rhetoric associated with the so-called “incel” movement. montrealgazette.com/news/local-c...

Albertan Seth Hatfield, 25, identified as suspect in Côte-des-Neiges shootings

The alleged gunman who killed a Montreal police officer during a shooting in Côte-des-Neiges Monday is a 25-year-old from Lethbridge.

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Bloc Québécois plans to hammer the Liberal government on cultural issues in upcoming Montreal byelection nationalpost.com/news/bloc-qu...

Google says changes to Canada’s police search powers bill haven't eased concerns nationalpost.com/news/canada/...

Small rodents are to blame for the changes in Canada’s pesticide laws. Here's why nationalpost.com/news/small-r...

USMCA heads into unpredictable new phase with no extension likely www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

USMCA heads into unpredictable new phase with no extension likely

Challenge for Canada’s trade team is being ready to strike a deal if the opportunity arises – without giving up too much too early

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“It took me three years (to feel) comfortable enough to bring this forward,” Conservative MP Corey Tochor said. “At first blush, you know, Conservatives are against drugs, hard drugs that are toxic, that are addictive. We got to get them off our streets.” nationalpost.com/news/canada/...

'The war on drugs made an error': Why this Conservative wants to ease access to psilocybin therapy

It took Corey Tochor three years to get to this week.

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