If you haven’t been paying attention to the Alberta separatism movement, you really should. It’s been making huge and rapid strides, with significant support and evidently enough momentum to trigger an independence referendum this year. To find out what’s driving the movement, Brian Lilley talks to Keith Wilson, an Alberta constitutional lawyer and leading voice for secession. Wilson explains why he thinks there is no future for the province as part of Canada — regardless of who’s in charge in Ottawa — because Confederation will always be a bad deal for Albertans compared to what they could achieve on their own. And he explains why he believes most of his fellow Albertans will soon come around to seeing that, too. (Recorded May 7, 2026.) Read More

The Iranian regime’s response to the latest U.S. proposal to end hostilities was “totally unacceptable,” U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday. Read More

First Reading is a Canadian politics newsletter curated by the National Post’s own Tristin Hopper. To get an early version sent directly to your inbox, sign up here. Read More

Canada's proposed Afghanistan war memorial is having trouble connecting with the people it's designed to honour: The Canadians who fought in the 12-year war. Read More

Last month, it wasn’t just a judge who excused a Ghanaian work permit holder for beating a woman in the street over an unpaid loan. It was also the Crown prosecutor. Read More

First in a series from advocates for the five Canadian cities vying to be the home of the new Defence, Security and Resilience Bank. Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Many Canadians and Americans have at least one thing in common: They’d like to see someone other than Donald Trump in the White House. Read More

GATINEAU, QUE. — Quebec’s Conservative Party Leader Éric Duhaime says he is hoping to make history in this fall's provincial election. Read More

Iran offered to transfer some of its stockpile of highly enriched uranium to a third country in its response to the latest U.S. proposal to end 10 weeks of war, but rejected the idea of dismantling its nuclear facilities, the Wall Street Journal reported. Read More

Four Canadians who were stuck on the cruise ship at the centre of a hantavirus outbreak are en route to Quebec, where they're expected to land before moving on to British Columbia for quarantine. Read More

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he intends to lead the U.K. for 10 years even as calls for his departure grow from within the governing Labour Party and rivals threatened to launch a leadership challenge in the coming days. Read More

When a Toronto café posted “No Zionists allowed,” and when Jewish students at Canadian universities faced discrimination, Brooke Goldstein did not write a press release. She filed lawsuits, setting out to make Jew‑hatred legally costly. Read More