Afternoon front page: German state elects anti-immigration party; Canada retaliates in tariff war with U.S.; and more - National Post
Members and supporters of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party react after the announcement of the first exit poll results on public television at the AfD's election party following Saxony-Anhalt's state elections in Magdeburg, Germany, on Sunday, Sept. 6, 2026. Photo by Ronny HARTMANN/AFP via Getty ImagesArticle contentIt’s Tuesday, September 8. Here are the top stories we’re following today.
The election of the right-wing, anti-immigration Alternative for Germany party has sent waves of panic through mainstream parties in Germany and much of Europe, Pankratz writes. “However, lost in the insults and panic that surround the AfD is any recognition of why it might be popular and why people are voting for it.”
Prime Minister Mark Carney takes his seat after arriving at the First Ministers meeting in Charlottetown, P.E.I., Thursday July 23, 2026. Photo by Tim Krochak/PostmediaArticle contentTasha Kheiriddin: Mark Carney must wake up to fact China is no friendArticle contentKheiriddin says that Carney is right to seek alternatives to Canada’s dependence on America. “But we must resist the temptation to confuse diversification with friendship. China remains an authoritarian state whose interests conflict directly with ours.”
Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks to journalists outside his office the day after the Liberals won three byelections, in Ottawa on Sept. 1, 2026. Photo by Blair Gable/PostmediaArticle contentCarney says he’s not ‘escalating the conflict’ as Canada hits U.S. with retaliatory tariffsArticle contentThe prime minister said his government can’t allow American goods into Canada tariff-free, while the U.S. charges Canadian companies to export. Canadian tariffs on $28 billion worth of U.S. imports came into effect on Tuesday in response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s 50-per-cent tariff on $28 billion worth of Canadian goods.
Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand during a joint press conference with Mexico’s Secretary of Foreign Affairs Roberto Velasco Álvarez in Ottawa on Friday, July 17, 2026. Photo by HYUNGCHEOL PARK/PostmediaArticle contentCanada promises trade ban on goods from ‘illegal’ Israeli settlements in new joint statementArticle content“We firmly oppose actions tantamount to the annexation of Palestinian land and forcible displacement of the Palestinian people,” said a joint statement by Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand and her counterparts in the U.K., France, and nine other countries. In response, Israel’s ambassador to Canada said the statement ignores “the fundamental fact that the Jewish people have a documented historical connection and right to live across the Land of Israel.”
One TikTok account’s most-watched video, which has been viewed close to 400,000 times, includes footage of floodwater gushing through a parking garage under Canada House, intercut with scenes of leaking ceilings, damaged flooring and bathroom clean-ups. Photo by TikTok/@sailor.of.justice Article contentToronto condo developer launches $10M lawsuit against online critics, alleging a ‘malicious campaign’Article contentConcord Adex’s lawsuit alleges that the owners of a TikTok account and a Chinese-language RedNote account posted videos to create “a false pretense” to get themselves and others out of their agreed deals. Concord is separately suing more than 50 buyers for defaulting on agreements to purchase units in two recently built condos in Toronto that feature in many of the online posts. Many of those buyers agreed to their purchases before the Toronto condo market crash.
