Ottawa bureau chief at the National Post. Formerly: The Hub, Edmonton Journal, Mayerthorpe Freelancer.
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I had a similar thought. Harper is incredibly fair. For example, he's quite complimentary of Obama on Ukraine, but criticizes him on Syria, with no whiff of partisanship.
(The Foreign Affairs Department gets roasted constantly, though, in the most enjoyable way.)
I finished my former boss Stephen Harper’s memoirs tonight on the eve of their release.
Acknowledging my own bias, I was struck by how gracious and introspective the book is. He expressed admiration for (some) political opponents and reckoned with his personal shortcomings as well as took stock of his real accomplishments.
It will always be one of the weirder conventional wisdoms among his critics that Harper was an angry reactionary rather than a principled and thoughtful normie conservative.
If you're wondering how we got here, @CathLvesque has you covered: How the separatist Parti Québécois took back power in Quebec nationalpost.com/news/how-th…
This guy is pure class.
Sean McDermott predicts the Bills will play in the Super Bowl and shares the impact the organization had on his family 💙
(via @RichEisenShow)
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NEW: Donald Trump’s Republican Party has revoked CBC/Radio-Canada’s press access to its upcoming major midterm convention, citing the public broadcaster’s now-reversed policy not to refer to 9/11 as “terrorism” without direct attribution.
Scoop from me and colleague Simon Tuck⬇️
A thought sent back in time from an undetermined moment in the future: If you dislike the Poilievre right, wait till you meet the post-Poilievre right.
My latest today in the National Post:
“There is a growing chorus of Conservatives who want Pierre Poilievre gone. They should be careful what they wish for.” #cdnpoli
nationalpost.com/opinion/ant…
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My farewell essay as an NYT columnist; pleased to see it sparked some vigorous disagreement:
nytimes.com/2026/08/08/opini…
This is a wonderful ode to coffee from John Weissenberger nationalpost.com/opinion/bli…
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Group B math is simple: Canada wins the group if it beats or ties Switzerland, Switzerland finishes 1st if it wins. The model shows both teams as having clinched advancment in *some* form, though that isn't strictly deterministic (it means they advanced in 100k of 100k sims).
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Congrats to the wonderfully talented Sharon Kirkey @nationalpost : nationalpost.com/news/canada…
Some real public service journalism from Sam Kriss
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