The Post was founded in 1998 by Conrad Black to combat what he saw as an over-liberalizing of editorial policy in Canadian newspapers.
From the beginning the Post has been staunchly conservative, and has an editorial page featuring the writings of many prominent neo-conservatives and libertarians from the US and Canada, including Diane Francis and David Frum.
The Post's unique graphic and layout design have won numerous style awards over the years.
The paper has been a moderate success, but has lower circulation and profits than its main rival, The Globe and Mail.
In 2001 the paper was sold to Canwest Global Communications, run by Israel Asper until his death in 2003. Canwest Global and the Post are now managed by Asper's sons.
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The Post was founded in 1998 by Conrad Black to combat what he saw as an "over-liberalizing" of editorial policy in Canadian newspapers, which traditionally have been on the centre-left of the ideological spectrum.
(FinancialPost was retained as the name of the new paper's business section.) Outside Toronto, the Post was built on the editorial, distribution, and printing infrastructure of Black's national newspaper chain, formerly called Southam Newspapers, that included papers such as the Ottawa Citizen, Montreal Gazette, Calgary Herald, and Vancouver Sun.
The Post today operates under the editorial direction of David Asper, an outspoken and controversial figure who is generally considered to lack the stature and business acumen of his late father, Izzy Asper.
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