First Reading is a Canadian politics newsletter that throughout the 2025 election will be a daily digest of campaign ...

Spector points out online that Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is doing her job, representing the interests of Albertans, same as Premier Legault’s job is to represent Quebecers. Yet, I point out in an ...

A change of leaders and tariffs threats have revived Liberal hopes of dominating the GTA once again in this spring's federal ...

What a difference a couple of months (and a U.S. president) can make. When former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada ...

As U.S. President Donald Trump piled on tariffs after tariffs against Canada, one person managed to come out politically ...

Whereas local government gatekeepers continue to block home construction in our cities, leaving Canadians with a shortage of homes. Therefore, be it resolved that we call on this government to adopt a ...

A trip to Syria to meet with its new leaders was derailed by another, more pressing geopolitical shift closer to home ...

Every election turns on who can best set and win their “ballot question.” That is the question voters will have uppermost in ...

Canada’s major parties have not completely taken their eyes off the long-term mission of reconciliation – a lasting legacy ...

US President Donald Trump had an “extremely productive” first call with Canada’s new Prime Minister Mark Carney, signaling a ...

The call came as Donald Trump has declared a trade war on Canada and has threatened to use economic coercion to make it the 51st U.S. state.