The Aporia · Carson Jerema

2026-08-18 · National Post

Carson Jerema: Tobi Lütke will not comply

🔮 Canada has a particularly robust immune system, but rather than rejecting what is harmful, the country’s Laurentian standard-bearers swoop in to attack anything that could be positive, particularly if it is not aligned with a mushy left-wing worldview or with the interests of the Liberal party. assertive

2026-08-21 · National Post

Michael Taube: Quit the race, Chris Alexander

🔮 Chris Alexander, a longtime diplomat and former minister of citizenship and immigration for then-Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper, announced on July 29 that he intended to run for Mayor of Toronto. assertive

2026-08-24 · National Post

Geoff Russ: This is the land of the Canadian people

🔮 True, at some point, their ancestors may have set sail from Britain or France or wherever else in the world their forebears sailed from. assertive

2026-08-25 · National Post

J.D. Tuccille: Canada can win at trade by ignoring Trump

🔮 The next massive blackout may happen because trade barriers raised the cost of preventing it beyond the industry’s ability to afford resilience. assertive

2026-08-26 · National Post

Carson Jerema: A CanCon War with Trump isn’t even the dumbest thing going on

🔮 If it was worth producing, the government wouldn’t need to force Netflix or Amazon to fund it, or to alter their algorithms to promote it. assertive

2026-08-26 · National Post

Carney’s retaliatory tariffs ‘are very much a tax on ourself’: Trevor Tombe

🔮 The new, higher U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods have come into effect, and Canada has officially confirmed the retaliatory tariffs that will come into effect on Sept. 8. assertive

2026-08-27 · National Post

Adam Pankratz: The B.C. Conservatives are dissolving before our eyes

🔮 Anyone willing to bet Findlay will remain at the party’s helm longer than the typical leafy green can prevail in your fridge clearly isn’t paying attention to current events. assertive

2026-09-03 · National Post

Weaponizing oil against U.S. will go ‘badly’: Heather Exner-Pirot

🔮 Exner-Pirot argues that any attempt to inflict economic pain on the U.S. could backfire on Canada, hurting domestic oil producers, disrupting supply chains, and inviting further American retaliation. mixed

2026-09-04 · National Post

Amy Hamm: Biological males dominating in women’s golf in B.C and Alberta

🔮 Thirty years ago, women’s golf was scandalized when CBS sports commentator Ben Wright allegedly claimed that women were “handicapped” by virtue of having breasts, which, he stupidly claimed, would “get in the way” of their golf swings. assertive

2026-09-04 · National Post

Rob Breakenridge: Carney must be honest about the cost of counter-tariffs

🔮 It would be hard to deny that a trade war is a bad time to impose new costs on Canadians and it’s encouraging to see the government acknowledge this. assertive

2026-09-05 · National Post

Pete Baklinski: CBC platforms prof who says Clancy killings make case for looser infanticide law

🔮 Instead, CBC highlights how differently the case would proceed if the killings had happened in Canada and the trial were heard here. assertive

2026-09-05 · National Post

Geoff Russ: Conservatives have ceded love of Canada to Liberal vanity

🔮 However, policies are not copyrighted, and the public will not judge Carney for championing an expanded housing supply, accelerated major projects, and stronger national defence, among other plans. assertive

2026-09-06 · National Post

J.D. Tuccille: Trump shouldn’t have the authority to rename Lake Ontario

🔮 A state may maintain its own names database or have other policies that govern state map production, but typically and for consistency, they use the names in GNIS. assertive

2026-09-07 · National Post

Ben Woodfinden: ‘Blame Canada’ conservatives are no better than woke statue topplers

🔮 Canadian progressives have spent the better part of a decade doing just that, think of the Langevin Block that became the Office of the Prime Minister, the now Toronto Metropolitan (formerly Ryerson) University, Sankofa square in Toronto (formerly Dundas), the Kichi Zībī Mīkan (formerly the Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway in Ottawa), and the list could go on. assertive

2026-09-11 · National Post

Avi Benlolo: Sanctions against Israeli settlements expose the deep rot in Ottawa

🔮 On Tuesday, the Government of Canada announced, through a series of statements, that it will impose trade restrictions on so-called Israeli settlements. assertive

2026-09-13 · National Post

Adam Zivo: Canada-Ukraine drone deal, exactly what our military needs

🔮 This is a good development, as the deal is structured in a way that will strengthen Ottawa’s military prowess, but more details are sorely needed to properly assess the full return-on-investment. assertive

2026-09-14 · National Post

Liberals ‘let emotions and tempers’ take charge in Trump dealings: Ian Lee

🔮 It’s unclear whether this might lead to further escalation or whether there’s a path back to the negotiating table. mixed

2026-09-14 · National Post

Ben Woodfinden: The EU is an economic disaster. What exactly is Mark Carney after?

🔮 Guest addresses like this aren’t unheard of, but they have mostly been reserved in recent years for civil society figures focused on Ukraine, which was already a signal that something significant was to be announced, and reporting has suggested that some sort of new relationship between Canada and the European Union was in the cards. Then on Saturday, a 5,000-word Wall Street Journal exclusive gave us a hint at what might be coming. assertive

2026-09-14 · National Post

Adam Pankratz: Mark Carney’s elitist quest to turn us into Europeans

🔮 Recommended Videos That is reflective of an elite and out of touch attitude which may sound good in urban Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver, but which does not reflect the reality of most Canadians and could end up seriously harming them. assertive

2026-09-15 · National Post

Marc-Olivier Fortin: The Parti Québécois cannot win a majority without putting separatism first

🔮 PSPP likely concluded that talking less about sovereignty when voters are looking for reassurance and stability would strengthen his chances of forming government. assertive

2026-09-15 · National Post

Geoff Russ: King Charles III belongs on the $20 bill

🔮 King Charles III will be on Canada’s new $20 banknote, unveiled just days before the fourth anniversary of the death of Queen Elizabeth II. assertive

2026-09-17 · National Post

Adam Pankratz: Mark Carney’s worthwhile plan for privatizing airports

🔮 Smith’s recognition that by looking out for their own profit interests, individuals, without any formal coordination, would all move towards producing better products more efficiently and at a lower price. assertive

2026-09-17 · National Post

Marc-Olivier Fortin: The CAQ’s fear-of-Trump campaign starts to crumble

🔮 Viewers could see the strategy unravel in real time. assertive

2026-09-18 · National Post

Amy Hamm: Sydney Sweeney has troll appeal

🔮 (This will include when I attend an adult-only Doja Cat concert next month, where I expect the singer to dress in her characteristic skimpy attire and twerk for the entire stadium.) assertive

2026-09-18 · National Post

Amy Hamm: Kerry-Lynne Findlay is working hard to keep Eby’s NDP in power indefinitely

🔮 By the time these words about the currently unfolding drama are published, they may already be out of date. assertive

2026-09-19 · National Post

Rob Breakenridge: The economics of Alberta separation would be disastrous for everyone

🔮 After all, there is no legal process for an American state to separate from the U.S. and, thus, such a movement could not exist there. assertive

2026-09-20 · National Post

Adam Pankratz: The Kerry-Lynne Findlay nightmare is over, her disaster is ongoing

🔮 Elected leader on May 30, her tenure did make it longer than a head of lettuce, but had anyone bet on a pumpkin or squash to outlast her, the noble gourds would have paid out handsomely. assertive

2026-09-21 · National Post

Police officer injured in Yom Kippur shooting at Belleville synagogue

🔮 Police in York Region north of Toronto, about 180 kilometres away, said it understood the Belleville incident would cause concern in its jurisdiction, and they remain in contact with their “faith partners.” assertive

2026-09-22 · National Post

Geoff Russ: Canada must reforge its relationship with its oldest friend, Britain

🔮 Deepening our existing ties and strengthening our alliance would enable our two countries to act together, rather than only reacting to the White House, regardless of who sits in it. assertive

2026-09-22 · National Post

Kevin Paquette: The CAQ is betraying its conservative roots

🔮 A few years ago, many of those themes would have fit naturally into a conversation among CAQ members or MNAs in a convention. assertive

2026-09-22 · National Post

Mr. Carney, sell gas to Europe, don’t join EU: Ben Woodfinden

🔮 As Woodfinden notes, no one on either side seems entirely sure what it would mean to be an “associate” E.U. member, and that such an arrangement could potentially have implications for Canadian sovereignty. mixed

2026-09-24 · National Post

Geoff Russ: This election is for the B.C. Conservatives’ taking

🔮 Yes, it certainly will not help Premier David Eby, who triggered an early contest on Sunday. assertive

2026-09-24 · National Post

Marc-Olivier Fortin: Debate seals the CAQ’s fate, as it faces annihilation

🔮 As the campaign progressed, she could not keep the narrative alive. mixed

2026-09-25 · National Post

Carson Jerema: OK B.C. Conservatives, let’s not do *that* again

🔮 The party had devolved to such a state of dysfunction that it very well could have been facing electoral oblivion. mixed

2026-09-25 · National Post

Daniel Hannan: Mark Carney, look to Britain and CANZUK, it’s the obvious choice

🔮 Hannan also advocates for a broader “CANZUK” alliance, involving Australia and New Zealand, which could mean freer trade and greater security and defence cooperation between the four nations. assertive

2026-09-27 · National Post

J.D. Tuccille: Americans have only bad choices in the midterms

🔮 With few major-party candidates willing to consider leaving people alone, and alternative parties almost completely locked out of the political system, voters who want to run their own lives face almost entirely unpalatable choices. assertive

2026-09-28 · National Post

Marc-Olivier Fortin: The CAQ’s desperate attempt to link the PQ to Trump

🔮 As election day approaches next Monday, we may have just witnessed what a campaign looks like when it is running out of options: a desperate political Hail Mary. assertive

2026-10-01 · National Post

‘Wake me up when there’s a steel pipe going in the dirt’: Poilievre

🔮 We’ll also touch on Poilievre’s proposal for meaningful and lasting steps to address affordability, whether the Conservatives might support Bill C-39, and what they want to see and hear from the prime minister when it comes to the trade standoff with the U.S. assertive

2026-10-01 · National Post

Rob Breakenridge: Mark Carney’s pipeline campaign against … Trudeau

🔮 It would be difficult to disagree with that assessment. assertive

2026-10-02 · National Post

Adam Pankratz: France’s pro-riot left is defending ‘legitimate violence’

🔮 Projected to rise to 5.4 per cent of GDP in 2026, the €43 billion ($68.7 billion) in proposed cuts for 2027 are designed to reduce the deficit to five per cent of GDP next year. assertive

2026-10-02 · National Post

Anthony Koch: The CAQ has turned into a cheap Liberal party knockoff

🔮 The Coalition Avenir Québec was founded because a huge number of Quebecers wanted something neither the Parti Québécois nor the Quebec Liberals could give them. assertive

2026-10-03 · National Post

Adam Katz: Manitoba’s Conservatives are collapsing, ensuring Wab Kinew’s dominance

🔮 This followed months of internal strife with several high-profile staff and MLAs either quitting or saying they wouldn’t run again. assertive

2026-10-03 · National Post

Marc-Olivier Fortin: Éric Duhaime is all that stands in the way of a PQ majority

🔮 Looking at the polls, it is almost certain that Quebeckers will wake up on Tuesday to a Parti Québécois government. assertive

2026-10-05 · National Post

Adam Pankratz: David Eby’s new big idea — food shortages

🔮 David Eby has looked at his election campaign struggling to find its feet and decided that while socialism is good, even more socialism would be better. assertive

2026-10-05 · National Post

Rob Breakenridge: Alberta separatist leaders are the movement’s greatest liability

🔮 Not that anyone would necessarily question Harper’s commitment to the country, but his entry into the debate was one federalists have been eagerly awaiting. assertive

2026-10-06 · National Post

Marc-Olivier Fortin: The Parti Québécois will be pulled left and right. Can it survive?

🔮 Monday night, Quebec may have created its own three-party problem. assertive

2026-10-12 · National Post

J.D. Tuccille: AI execs don’t want safety. They want to block competitors

🔮 It’s a curious position for innovators who have made grand claims about their products’ potential and who could, presumably, simply drop their efforts if they believe the risks outweigh the benefits. assertive

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