First Reading is a Canadian politics newsletter curated by the National Post’s own Tristin Hopper. To get an early version ...

Includes updates and/or revisions. The $1 billion-a-year Reading First program has had no measurable effect on students’ reading comprehension, on average, although participating schools are spending ...

The findings of a scathing report on the federal Reading First program continued to reverberate last week following its Sept. 22 release, fueling debates in Congress, on the Internet, and among ...

First Reading is a daily newsletter keeping you posted on the travails of Canadian politicos, all curated by the National ...

The number of EU legislative proposals adopted at first reading between the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers has risen dramatically. According to Jean-Paul Jacqué, until recently a ...

First Nations across the country are actively banishing drug dealers in an attempt to curb skyrocketing rates of drug overdoses, striking a sharp contrast with government strategies prioritizing harm ...

First reading: The title of a bill is read out and copies of it are printed but no debate takes place. Second reading: A debate on the general principles of a bill. Committee stage: Members subject a ...