The resignation of Battle River-Crowfoot MP-elect Damien Kurek, who has held the seat since 2019, will allow Poilievre to run in a future by-election. [Global]

Elections Canada's validated results indicate that Liberal candidate Kristina Tesser Derksen received 32,130 votes, while Conservative candidate Parm Gill received 32,101 votes – a difference of 29 votes. [CP]

Smith, who frequently diminished Carney throughout the election campaign in favour of Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, said on social media Friday that she and Carney had a lengthy conversation about policies and legislation that are holding back Alberta's energy economy.

Marie-Claude Nichols made the announcement today at the party's headquarters in Montreal alongside Rodriguez, a former federal cabinet minister under Justin Trudeau.

She was removed from the party after falling out with former leader Dominique Anglade shortly after the Liberals' poor election performance in 2022.

The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution cited the “extremist character” of the party, known as AfD, and said it “disregards human dignity.” [Global]

The new levies are like a slow-motion wave that’s about to break – causing U.S. consumers to experience higher prices and out-of-stock items. [Christian Science Monitor]

If we judge Tolkien by those who claim his fellowship the loudest, we might grow concerned. Vice President JD Vance has said that not only is Tolkien his favorite author but that “a lot of my conservative worldview was influenced by Tolkien growing up.” And Vance has the receipts to prove it: he named his firm Narya after one of the three Elvish Rings of Power, just as Vance’s mentor Peter Thiel invoked Tolkien when naming Palantir Technologies, Mithril Capital Management, Lembas Capital, Valar Ventures, and Rivendell One LLC. In the 1970s the Italian right revitalized itself at “Hobbit camps,” a formative experience in the life of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, who attended one of the camps as a teenager. Far-right and extremist groups in many other countries also revere Tolkien. The UK’s “Prevent” anti-terror program even recently characterized him (along with C.S. Lewis and George Orwell), somewhat preposterously, as a kind of gateway drug for potential radicalization. [Dissent Magazine]