A top Canadian government cybersecurity official says the threat landscape has “never been worse”, with attacks happening at unprecedented numbers and levels of sophistication namely from “axis of cyber evil” states. My latest 🔽 nationalpost.com/news/politic...

New from me: The RCMP has closed its investigation into two alleged Montreal-area secret Chinese police stations in Quebec without laying charges. nationalpost.com/news/politic...

Scoop: More than 880,000 Canadians’ phone numbers and 85,000 email addresses used to access federal government web services were stolen by hackers, who then spammed victims with fraudulent messages. nationalpost.com/news/politic...

A single, high-rolling casino slots player is at the centre of a nasty $1 million fight between British Columbia’s gambling authority and the federal anti-money laundering watchdog, court documents allege. My story 🔽 nationalpost.com/news/politic...

Nearly six in 10 Canadians feel their country is more dangerous than five years ago, before Russia invaded Ukraine, India was linked to the murder of a Sikh-Canadian and Canada reckoned with the scourge of foreign interference. My story: nationalpost.com/news/majorit...

When the results of the latest Public Service Employment Survey landed on Dan Rogers’ desk earlier this year, the new head of Canada’s spy agency was angry. No matter how he looked at them, the results for CSIS were bleak and clear: there is a leadership trust crisis nationalpost.com/news/politic...

Really loving the high quality AI summary Google so helpfully provides. No truly, thank you.

Commission finds Canadian judges' $414,900 salary 'inadequate' to attract top talent, recommends $28,000 raise. My story⬇️ nationalpost.com/news/politic...

Wine, candy and room service: How Ottawa spent $170,000 on Canadian ISIS women. Absolutely wild, eye-popping story by @stewglobal.bsky.social globalnews.ca/news/1133074...

NEW: Although the federal foreign interference task force said China had likely manipulated the 2019 Liberal nomination race that coronated Han Dong, Canada’s election watchdog says she found no evidence federal election laws were broken.  My latest: nationalpost.com/news/politic...

Prime Minister Mark Carney suggested Tuesday he is considering substituting or rescinding the Online News Act to ensure local news is disseminated wider and faster two years after Meta banned access to news on its platforms. nationalpost.com/news/politic...

NEW: PM Mark Carney to recuse himself from dealings with over 100 companies in sprawling government conflict screen: ethics commission disclosure. My latest here 🔽 nationalpost.com/news/politic...

The RCMP's felt hat, nicknamed the “red Stetson,” is as iconic as an internationally recognizable piece of Canadiana as it gets. It's been part of the RCMP uniform for over 100 years. And, unlike what's written on the RCMP'S website, it’s made in the U.S. nationalpost.com/news/rcmp-st...

Canada's Chief Justice Richard Wagner says he does not know who donated lifelike bust displayed in Supreme Court. 'I don't know who paid for that, so how can there be a conflict of interest?' Wagner said. My latest: nationalpost.com/news/canada/...

(Bloomberg) -- The US and Mexico are closing in on a deal that would remove President Donald Trump’s 50% tariffs on steel imports up to a certain volume, according to people familiar with the matter, a revamp of a similar deal between the trade partners during his first term.

Inside Mark Carney's PMO where ministers get called out, punctuality matters and patience is on short supply by National Post’s @christopher.bsky.social nationalpost.com/news/politic...

À relire l'enquête que @brigitte.bsky.social et moi avions publiée un mois avant la chute de Celsius, force est de constater qu'on avait vu juste. 😎

Alex Mashinsky, l'ex PDG de Celsius, une "cryptobanque" dans laquelle la CDPQ avait investi 150 M$ US en 2021, vient d'écoper de 12 ans de prison pour fraude. L'implosion de Celsius avait été un des éléments qui avait empiré le krach de la crypto en 2022. ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/216...

Two candidates, one door: My colleague Stephanie Taylor's tale on how a Liberal and a Conservative "Rob" candidate knocked on the same door at the same time, and the polite trash talk ensued. nationalpost.com/news/politic...

My latest, with @christopher.bsky.social nationalpost.com/news/politic...

If ever anyone was wondering why Mark Carney was mysteriously visiting Rideau Hall today, I may have found the reason idling in downtown Ottawa #election nationalpost.com/news/canada/...

New: Head of Canada's spy agency is in India to attend an intelligence conclave chaired by India’s spy chief. It's the first known gathering of top security officials from both countries since a tense Oct. meeting & comes amid signs India is ready to thaw relations 🔽 nationalpost.com/news/politic...

NEW: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was entirely within his rights to ask the Governor General to prorogue Parliament in January, the Federal Court ruled in a first ever decision of its kind. My story on the historic decision published late this evening ⬇️ nationalpost.com/news/politic...

Has anyone else had issues with Signal messages being sent but not delivered in the last few minutes? It's happening to me on two phones and my laptop.

'West’s Nazi T-shirt was “vile, disgusting, and inexcusable” and that “everyone agrees with that.” But that didn’t affect Shopify’s decision to delete West’s online store, Hertz added. “Opinion doesn’t factor in here,” she said. “What matters is our terms of service".' thelogic.co/news/shopify...

Canada's Supreme Court is considering offering mediation services for cases it does not accept to hear. I spoke to a dozen lawyers, judges and court watchers who almost all agreed: interesting idea, but why? My story 🔽 nationalpost.com/news/canada/...

ICYMI: Canada is barring the use of Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek’s chatbot on federal government devices over “serious privacy concerns” the company can inappropriately collect and retain sensitive data. nationalpost.com/news/canada/...

NEW: Canada is barring the use of Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek’s chatbot on federal government devices over “serious privacy concerns” and fears the company could inappropriately collect and retain sensitive data. My latest: nationalpost.com/news/canada/...

As if quality writing wasn't disappearing fast enough, in what world does @Microsoft think that shoving some AI writing prompt bullshit down my throat in Word is going to make the world a better place - or my life as a writer any easier? And how do I make this shit disappear?

Ottawa quietly signed a new deal with the U.S. that automatically trades troves of personal data of millions of permanent residents in either country when they try to cross the U.S.-Canada border. “Shocking”, say top immigration lawyers, who had no idea. nationalpost.com/news/politic...

Scoop: Toronto Maple Leafs captain John Tavares isn’t the only hockey star taking a shot at the taxman. Former Leafs Patrick Marleau and Jacob Muzzin are also facing off in court against the Canada Revenue Agency over tax bills worth millions. My story: nationalpost.com/news/canada/...

With regards to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's resignation and accepted request to prorogue Canadian parliament, two things can be true at the same time: 1) His request to prorogue is (likely) constitutional and legal (but judges can decide that) 2) His party promised this in its 2015 platform

Live shot of the Federal Court and Federal Court of Appeal now that PM Justin Trudeau has asked the GG to prorogue until March 24 (presumably for a Liberal leadership race to unfold): For reference: nationalpost.com/news/politic...

'The silence is deafening': Liberal MPs say time's up for Trudeau to face Canadians on his future. nationalpost.com/news/canada/... Find out more at Nationalnewswatch.com

The Conservatives say they would maintain spending increases the Trudeau government has planned for the military if they win power in the next election. The planned increases (billions per year) also would be exempt from Poilievre’s proposed “dollar-for-dollar” spending cap. Story here:

There are no less than 7 references to Taylor Swift song titles in my piece this morning. Can you find them all? nationalpost.com/news/politic...

NEW: Former Toronto Blue Jays all-stars Josh Donaldson and Russell Martin scored a major win against the Canada Revenue Agency as a Tax Court judge cried foul over the agency’s attempt to tax millions of $ in additional income. My latest in the National Post 🔽 nationalpost.com/news/politic...

From attendees in T-shirts to cameras pointed at unmade beds, Federal Court Chief Justice Paul Crampton says he’s noticed an increase in “unwelcome informality” during virtual hearings, particularly among young lawyers, since COVID-19. My latest ⬇️ nationalpost.com/news/politic...

Opposition parties & top legal and judicial associations are calling on the Liberals to increase funding to the federal courts after a chief justice warned his court is in “crisis” because of budget shortfalls. One lawyer said he’s literally losing sleep over it. ⬇️ nationalpost.com/news/canada/...

"We can't get their attention because there's no votes in the courts" Federal Court chief says the court is in “crisis” and considering cutting hearings due to a worsening budget shortfall that is significantly delaying court operations amid a record high caseload. nationalpost.com/news/politic...

Here’s colleague Laura Osman’s first full story for us, on the double-whammy for small businesses of the postal strike and the GST tinkering at a critical time of year. (It’s Hintonburg week at @thelogic.co, @jleiper.bsky.social !)

English-language version with no paywall here www.mediapart.fr/en/journal/i...

Federal Liberal candidate facing Indigenous heritage questions now applying to become Metis, @christopher.bsky.social & Stephanie Taylor report. nationalpost.com/news/politic... Find out more at Nationalnewswatch.com

A federal Liberal candidate in B.C. who publicly identified as Indigenous for years says she now plans to apply for Métis citizenship after a local Métis society publicly questioned her heritage claims. New from Stephanie Taylor and me: nationalpost.com/news/politic...

"When Jack Kronis hit six-feet tall, with his hair wavy and thick and dressed in designer outfits, he looked like a million bucks. Which wasn’t nearly enough." Please read my true crime delve into a career conman who pillaged millions. The Jack of Diamonds: nationalpost.com/feature/jack...

Si vous n’avez pas encore lu cette incroyable histoire de mon collègue @lpbourdeau.bsky.social c’est le temps. Il est très inquiétant de voir qu’il est si facile de déjouer un juge du Tribunal administratif du logement au Québec.

NEWS: A Red Deer judge whose dispute with a defence lawyer ended in the latter being jailed admitted he should have done more to “de-escalate” the situation. He offered a qualified apology to the lawyer and declined to cite him with contempt of court.

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Mais comment c’est possible cette histoire?! « Au Québec, le Code civil n’oblige pas les tribunaux à vérifier les rapports d’huissier, car ils sont présumés authentiques. Le fardeau revient donc au locataire de prouver que le document est contrefait. » www.journaldemontreal.com/2024/11/22/u...

Building on the work of @christopher.bsky.social and others.. * respected Indigenous authors and lawyers call for Randy Boissonnault to be removed from Indigenous caucus * Conservatives vow to expand their investigation into his company’s claims that it was « Indigenous owned »