Opinion, Editorials, Columns and Analysis | National Post

This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.

Carson Jerema: Border blockades show Canadian incompetence is the biggest threat, not insurrection

Ontario declares state of emergency to deal with what is clearly a federal problem

with Video 296 Comments

Carson Jerema NP Comment

Protestors and supporters set up at a blockade at the foot of the Ambassador Bridge, sealing off the flow of commercial traffic over the bridge into Canada from Detroit, on February 10, 2022 in Windsor, Canada.

Frank Stronach: Canada's truckers remind us why freedom is worth fighting for

Frank Stronach, Special to National Post NP Comment

A supporter of the Freedom Convoy holds up a "True North Strong and Free" sign in downtown Ottawa on Feb. 5, 2022. The protesting truckers are modern-day freedom fighters, writes Frank Stronach.

Ivison: Resistance or insurgence? Contrasting takes on the Freedom Convoy

with Video 123 Comments

John Ivison NP Comment

0210_Ivison_Feature

Derek H. Burney: Democracy demands that the truckers get a fair hearing

235 Comments

Derek H. Burney NP Comment

Protesters walk between trucks parked along Wellington Street in downtown Ottawa as the "Freedom Convoy" occupation protesting vaccine mandates and other COVID measures continues on Feb. 10, 2022.

Sabrina Maddeaux: If Russia is allowed to continue to flout the rules, it will have ramifications far beyond the Olympics

with Video 86 Comments

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends the opening ceremony of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, on Feb. 4.

Stories continue below

This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.

Randall Denley: Fixing supply is one part of solving Ontario's housing crunch. Immigration is another

The biggest impediment, though, is public acceptance of not just greater intensification, but of suburban expansion

120 Comments

Randall Denley 22 hours ago NP Comment
Ben Woodfinden: Red Tory vs. Blue Tory is nothing but a trap set by liberals

Conservatives need to set their own terms of debate during the leadership race

191 Comments

Ben Woodfinden, Special to National Post 23 hours ago NP Comment
Advertisement

Stories continue below

This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.
Kristopher Kinsinger: The end to limits on religious gatherings can’t come soon enough

Overall, religious communities have shown considerable patience throughout the pandemic, but the restrictions have come at a high cost

11 Comments

Kristopher Kinsinger, Special to National Post 1 day ago NP Comment
Terry Glavin: Trudeau and Carney are only making this worse — everyone needs to calm down

Quite a few of Canada’s journalists would benefit from chilling out and focusing on doing their jobs

711 Comments

Terry Glavin 1 day ago NP Comment
Harry Rakowski: Whether at truckers' protests, or in Parliament, we need to listen to each other

Dialogue that fosters understanding of other points of view is the language of democracy

37 Comments

Harry Rakowski 1 day ago NP Comment

Stories continue below

This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.

André Pratte: Convoy protesters call for freedom, but there's no freedom without the rule of law

If society tolerates citizens who ignore laws promulgated for the greater good, we are on the road to anarchy or dictatorship

252 Comments

André Pratte 1 day ago NP Comment
Brian Lee Crowley: Conservatives must put country before ideology to offer a credible alternative to the Liberals

Too many Tories regard their party as a place to indulge their deeply held, perfectly legitimate, but boutique causes

71 Comments

Brian Lee Crowley, Special to National Post 2 days ago NP Comment
Advertisement

Stories continue below

This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.
Colby Cosh: Are Liberals even allowed to disagree in public? Joël Lightbound is testing his party

Quebec MP wants plan to lift vaccine mandates

268 Comments

Colby Cosh 2 days ago NP Comment
Don Braid: Kenney fast-tracks removal of health restrictions, as threat of COVID remains

The premier is under a special kind of political pressure, forced to court the anti-vaccination segment of his base and his caucus

126 Comments

Don Braid 2 days ago NP Comment
John Robson: In Ottawa, there's more than enough madness to go around

Between journalists losing their minds over Canadians with legitimate grievances and protesters who seem determined to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, I feel like the only sane one

232 Comments

John Robson 2 days ago NP Comment

Stories continue below

This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.

Letters to the editor: The history of censorship repeats itself

Re: No Dissent Allowed, letter to the editor, Jan. 26. Your correspondent references the Age of Enlightenment as an era when inquiring discourse was encouraged. While this Is generally true, one fears that she has perhaps forgotten that the ultimate event of the Enlightenment was the French Revolution, and in particular, the Reign of Terror.

28 Comments

Letters 2 days ago NP Comment
Chris Selley: The calls for rethinking restrictions are coming from inside the Liberal house

Everything from vaccine passports to border measures needs to be “re-examined” in recognition that “this virus is not going to disappear,” Dr. Theresa Tam argued last week

with Video 241 Comments

Chris Selley 2 days ago NP Comment
Advertisement

Stories continue below

This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.
Carson Jerema: This isn't sedition just because Mark Carney thinks so — but the convoy still needs to be cleared

The protesters' tactics are to be an extreme nuisance

384 Comments

Carson Jerema 2 days ago NP Comment
Barbara Kay: 'Maus' has been an important tool to teach kids about the Holocaust for decades. So why is Tennessee banning it?

The author, Art Spiegelman, expressed his 'total bafflement' at the decision. Indeed, we should all be baffled

9 Comments

Barbara Kay 3 days ago NP Comment
Matt Gurney: In Ottawa, another failure to prepare

Our officials were warned. They were surprised, anyway

with Video 17 Comments

Matt Gurney 3 days ago NP Comment

Stories continue below

This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.

Rex Murphy: Freedom Convoy protests have exposed the deep divisions in our nation

The protected class versus the working class, East versus West, urban versus rural — the protest is a marker of all these unfortunate divides

1902 Comments

Rex Murphy 3 days ago NP Comment
Samantha Israel: Why Neil Young should go on the Joe Rogan show

The best ending to the Spotify controversy would be to add the Canadian rock icon to the conversation

73 Comments

Special to National Post 3 days ago NP Comment
Advertisement

Stories continue below

This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.
Randall Denley: Ottawa police, the mayor and Justin Trudeau to blame for convoy occupation

A stunning failure of leadership

1830 Comments

Randall Denley 3 days ago NP Comment
Adam Zivo: No, there wasn't a neo-Nazi uprising in Toronto. More of a Slavic dance party

Perhaps this sounds like a curveball, but it was difficult to walk anywhere in Saturday’s protest without overhearing Slavic languages and accents

79 Comments

Adam Zivo 3 days ago NP Comment
Greg Taylor: Despite what Trudeau says, sending the Army into Ottawa is not his decision to make

Military assistance to a provincial government or its police services to maintain public order does not require an agreement from the federal government

292 Comments

Greg Taylor, Special to National Post 3 days ago NP Comment