Christopher Nardi

Christopher Nardi

Poilievre promises binding LNG supply deals with Europe and to 'override' governments blocking energy projects

Opposition leader Pierre Poilievre promised a Conservative government would sign binding supply agreements with European allies such as Germany to supply them with natural gas while “overriding bureaucracies and other levels of government” to speed up building pipelines and LNG terminals. Poilievre delivered a speech Wednesday in Berlin that alternated between an emphatic promotion of Canadian liquefied natural gas (LNG)...

Christopher Nardi

Poilievre says he would only open critical mineral stockpile to allies without tariffs

Pierre Poilievre said a Conservative government would allow other countries to have to access to a future Canadian national energy and critical mineral stockpile, but only allies in times of “crisis and war” who have a free-trade agreement with Canada. Speaking at an event in London, U.K., organized by CANZUK, an advocacy group pushing for closer ties between Canada, Australia...

Christopher Nardi

With Boulerice eyeing Quebec politics, NDP's orange wave becomes a drought

During the 2011 federal election, an “orange wave” crashed over much of Quebec and parts of Canada, electing the largest contingent of NDP MPs in the party’s history. In 2026, the last of the wave’s MPs is expected to leave as the party faces a drought in Quebec.

Christopher Nardi

Stephen Harper says he ‘didn't anticipate’ the U.S. being the biggest threat to Canadian Arctic

Canada’s Arctic would eventually come from the U.S., he said Monday afternoon. Speaking on a panel at the Royal Canadian Geographical Society in Ottawa, the former Conservative leader said he knew during his decade as prime minister that it would be important to reinforce Canada’s sovereignty in the North due to growing threats.

Christopher Nardi

Why a one-seat majority might be the worst-case scenario for federal Liberals

During the Liberals’ Dec. 11 Christmas party just hours after Conservative MP Michael Ma crossed the floor to the government, soirée hosts James Maloney and Mona Fortier joked to ecstatic attendees that their favourite number was “172”. That’s the minimum number of MPs a party needs to get a simple majority in the House of Commons. With Ma’s crossing, the...

Christopher Nardi

Top federal department blasted as 'hypocritical' for refusing to share layoff numbers

Canada’s largest public-sector union blasted the top government department as “hypocritical” for refusing to say how many of its employees received notice of a potential layoff weeks ago. The silence from the Privy Council Office (PCO) signals the government may not be forthcoming with public information as the majority of federal departments and agencies prepare to announce major layoffs in...

Christopher Nardi

As the floor-crossing dust settles, Conservatives are bracing for more defections - 'I expect two more, at least,' one Conservative caucus member told National Post

If there’s one person who won’t be receiving any Conservative MP Christmas cards, it’s Markham–Unionville MP Michael Ma. Article content In fact, if anything, Conservatives want the floor-crossing new Liberal MP to return a Christmas gift he already received.

Stephanie Taylor, Christopher Nardi

Top official advised Carney reset with India should require 'public commitment' on accountability that never arrived

Carney's first major step in resetting relations with India happened in June when he invited Narendra Modi to Canada

Christopher Nardi

Liberals say they have 'no intention' of repealing Online News and Streaming Acts. For now

Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault’s office says the federal government has “no intention” of repealing either the Online Streaming Act and the Online News Act. For now. “We are committed to supporting strong, independent newsrooms across the country,” Guilbeault’s director of communications Alisson Lévesque said in a statement first reported by Politico. “The federal government has no intention of repealing either...

Christopher Nardi

Half of Canadians think Poilievre's chances of beating Carney are 'poor,' while PM's honeymoon erodes: poll

Half of Canadians believe Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s chances of beating Prime Minister Mark Carney are poor at best even as Carney’s approval ratings show the first signs of slipping, according to a new Leger poll. “Mr. Poilievre still has work to do… to broaden his appeal to the greater electorate,” Leger executive vice-president Andrew Enns said in an interview...

Christopher Nardi

Canadians are torn about whether to put their elbows up or down in U.S. trade war: poll

Canadians are split on whether Canada should go into trade negotiations with the U.S. with elbows up or down when it comes to retaliatory tariffs, according to a new poll. Article content The Leger/Postmedia poll suggests that 45 per cent of Canadians still believe Canada’s position vis-à-vis U.S. President Donald Trump should be “elbows up.” That means that Canada should...

Christopher Nardi

'Major threat' to trade: U.S. Congress Republicans call for Canada to rescind Online Streaming Act

Republicans on an influential House committee are pushing top Trump administration officials to pressure Canada to kibosh its controversial Online Streaming Act, which they describe as a “major threat” to the trade relationship. In a July 31 letter obtained by National Post, 18 Republican members of Congress on the powerful House ways and means

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Ottawa's top HR official aims to reduce excess senior executives in public service: memo

After 10 years of constant growth, the federal government now says there are too many senior executives in the public service, slowing productivity and creating workplace conflicts. In an internal memo Wednesday obtained by National Post, the federal Chief Human Resources Officer Jacqueline Bogden is clear: there are more assistant deputy ministers (421) in the bureaucracy than permanent positions at that level (355).

Christopher Nardi

Judges say they need a $60,000 raise to attract top talent. The government disagrees

Federally appointed judges say their $415,000 salary needs a $60,000 bump to keep the job attractive to top legal applicants. The government says: not in this economy. Since November, the federal government and the judiciary have been quietly but forcibly clashing in front of a quadrennial commission reviewing federally appointed judges’ compensation. At the centre of the battle is a...

Christopher Nardi

Liberals considering arming the Coast Guard amid significant pivot towards new security mandate

The Liberal government is mulling arming the Canadian Coast Guard as it launches a significant reform of the civilian maritime agency to give it a bigger role in the country’s security apparatus. Article content The move is one of many significant changes that the Liberals are planning for the chronically underfunded Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) that Prime Minister Mark Carney...

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Inside Mark Carney's PMO where ministers get called out, punctuality matters and patience is on short supply

National Post spoke with a half dozen current and former PMO officials, senior bureaucrats and caucus members. Days after the federal election, Prime Minister Mark Carney stepped into the National Press Theatre and did something Canadians hadn’t seen in nearly 10 years under Justin Trudeau: he started the press conference virtually on time. Carney’s punctuality was a stark contrast with...

Christopher Nardi, Catherine Lévesque

Conservative MPs vote for 'largely procedural' power to trigger leadership review of Poilievre

'You have to acknowledge that it was the generally right message... because the Liberals stole multiple elements,' said Poilievre.

Christopher Nardi

Poilievre says no timeline for defunding the CBC

In December, Poilievre told Toronto Sun columnist Brian Lilley that he would defund the public broadcaster 'very quick.' Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre now says he doesn’t have a timeline for when he would defund the CBC despite promising in December to do it “very quick.” Questioned by National Post on Tuesday on whether the Conservatives would defund the CBC within...

Christopher Nardi

Large majority of Canadians want Carney to disclose business interests: poll

Two-thirds of Canadians think Liberal leader Mark Carney should proactively reveal his business interests before election day, according to a new poll.

Christopher Nardi

Pierre Poilievre dismisses calls for 'pivot' as Liberals increase lead in polls

Conservative leader says he won't stop criticizing the incumbent government for its 'lost Liberal decade.' Pierre Poilievre says he disagrees with calls from some supporters for him to change his election strategy amid a Liberal surge in the polls, arguing that he should not stop talking about the “lost Liberal decade.” Monday morning, he poopooed any suggestion that he should...

Rahim Mohamed, Christopher Nardi

Poilievre says he'll keep retirement age at 65 in play for boomers

Voters ages of 65 to 74 have turned out in the biggest numbers in every federal election since 2004. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says his government would hold the retirement age at 65 and delay the mandatory RRSP withdrawal date by two years in a bid to attract baby boomer voters.

Stephanie Taylor, Christopher Nardi

Patriotism, a big rally and, of course, new slogans: Inside Pierre Poilievre's Trump-induced strategy shift

Conservatives believe the cost of living and crime to be top issues, but also a rising sense of national pride, which Poilievre wants to capture. “Canada First” is Pierre Poilievre’s new pitch to Canadians. But it also represents the firsts the Conservative leader himself has been navigating in the past few weeks. It’s the first time as leader that he...

Stephanie Taylor, Christopher Nardi

Trudeau got Taylor Swift tickets directly from Eras concert promoter, PMO says

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office confirmed he acquired tickets to see Taylor Swift in Toronto directly from the company managing her Eras Tour, but is keeping quiet about the exact price he paid, saying only that he paid in full.

Christopher Nardi, Stephanie Taylor

Federal Liberal candidate facing Indigenous heritage questions now applying to become Metis

A federal Liberal candidate in B.C. who publicly identified as Indigenous for years says she now plans to apply for Metis citizenship after a local Metis society publicly questioned her heritage claims. In a statement provided by a Liberal Party of Canada (LPC) spokesperson, Madison Fleischer, the party’s candidate in the Cloverdale—Langley City byelection, said she is in the process...

Patti Sonntag, Christopher Nardi, Stephanie Taylor

'It's just shocking': Liberal cabinet minister's shifting Indigenous identity scorned

Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault says his shifting claims from being “non-status adoptive Cree” to recently stating his adoptive mother is “status Métis” are a “reflection of his family exploring their own history” and not him claiming Indigenous status. Boissonnault’s spokesperson Alice Hansen sent National Post a statement Tuesday offering new details about the minister’s changing stories about his adoptive family’s...

Christopher Nardi

'Highly suspicious': Conservatives, NDP demand Liberal minister explain 'Indigenous' claims

Conservatives and New Democrats say federal Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault must answer questions about why a company that belonged to him said it was Indigenous-owned while bidding on federal contracts. “It’s highly suspicious at best. But at worst, it’s fraud,” Conservative ethics critic Michael Barrett told the Commons ethics committee Thursday. His colleague Michael Cooper said Boissonneault has “no place...

Christopher Nardi

Singh's party support shows 'concerning' drop in NDP-friendly regions: poll

Support for federal New Democrats in B.C. and the Prairies is dropping at a “concerning” rate for leader Jagmeet Singh, a new poll suggests, despite recent gains by his provincial counterparts in Manitoba and Saskatchewan. The Postmedia-Leger poll finds that the NDP’s popularity has dropped two percentage points nationally, to 15 per cent, since the last poll on Sept. 30.

Christopher Nardi

CBC president Catherine Tait billed for $1,000-a-night hotel to attend Paris Olympics

Outgoing CBC President Catherine Tait spent $6,000 — including staying at a $1,000-per-night hotel — for just under five days at the Paris Olympics, an expense observers say is sure to raise eyebrows but is ultimately justifiable. According to a copy of Tait’s calendar obtained via an access-to-information request, Tait was in Paris from July 25 to 29. She arrived...

Stephanie Taylor, Christopher Nardi

U.S. charges against Indian government employee for assassination plot shows ties to Nijjar slaying

A newly unsealed indictment into charges filed by the U.S. Justice Department against a government of India employee for allegedly planning to assassinate a Sikh activist in New York City reveals multiple ties between the foiled plot and the murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar in British Columbia. On Thursday, the department announced charges against 39-year-old Vikash Yadav, who remains at...

Christopher Nardi

Trudeau says current and former Conservative parliamentarians engaged in foreign interference

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says several current and former Conservative parliamentarians are either engaged in foreign interference or at high risk of being targeted by a foreign government and lambasted Conservative leader for refusing to get security clearance. Trudeau dropped the bombshell revelation during his testimony to the Public Inquiry into Foreign Interference (PIFI) Wednesday.

Christopher Nardi

Rideau Hall employees were 'very unhappy' and 'suffered a lot' during Julie Payette years: chief justice

Chief Justice Richard Wagner says Rideau Hall’s employees were “very unhappy” because they had “suffered a lot” for years by the time he temporarily replaced former governor general Julie Payette, who resigned for presiding over a “toxic” workplace. “There are 150 employees at Rideau Hall. They were people who, I must say, were very unhappy because there had been very...

Christopher Nardi

Irwin Cotler suggested Anthony Housefather resign from Liberal caucus

Irwin Cotler, the former Liberal cabinet minister and former MP for Mount Royal, says he recommended his successor Anthony Housefather resign from his party’s caucus and sit as an Independent this spring as he prepares to face a “formidable” Conservative opponent next election.

Christopher Nardi

Even NDP voters aren't crazy about Jagmeet Singh propping up Trudeau: poll

32% of respondents say their opinion of Singh and the NDP is worse since 2022 when the deal was signed, while just 20% say they think better of the party and its leader now. Just four out of 10 Canadians think the deal between the Liberals and the NDP to keep the Trudeau government in power has been a good...

Ryan Tumilty, Christopher Nardi

More baleful byelections are brewing for the Trudeau Liberals after the fall of St. Paul's

The Liberals’ stunning defeat in the Toronto—St-Paul’s byelection this week could be just the beginning of a year of pain for the party: several more byelections are expected; all of them could happen before 2024 is over.

Christopher Nardi

Government disputes 'misleading' claim it blocked 1,000-plus documents from foreign interference reviewers

The federal government called “misleading” an intelligence oversight committee’s assertion this week that it was barred from accessing all or part of 1,000 documents during its review into foreign interference due to “cabinet confidence.”

Christopher Nardi

Judge dismisses request by two federal officials to block ArriveCan probe into alleged misconduct

A judge rejected a request by two federal officials to block an internal investigation into allegations they committed “serious misconduct” relating to government contracting and the ArriveCan app.

Christopher Nardi

Davie Shipyard suing Ottawa to prevent any disclosure of shipbuilding strategy deal

Quebec-based Davie shipyard is suing the federal government to prevent it from releasing a single word of the agreement that made it eligible for billions of dollars in potential federal shipbuilding contracts. In April, flanked by a bevy of shipyard workers and federal and provincial politicians, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau held an upbeat press conference to announce that Chantier Davie...