The Strait
Armed Services turns to a winter-gas warning as Fresno watches
A barrel at US$83 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. A winter-gas warning is the latest attempt to look in control.
Owen MacLeod · Apr 8, 2026
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Saskatchewan’s grain elevators confront CBP staffing at the 49th
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Canada’s stake in an emergency war-powers case just got larger
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The an energy emergency resolution hiding inside Mexico’s balancing act
Apr 8, 2026
Ontario’s auto belt confronts the tanker war
Apr 8, 2026
Dollar-for-dollar tariffs: the view from Capitol Hill
Apr 8, 2026
Saskatchewan’s grain elevators confront a hot payrolls print
Apr 7, 2026
The Map
Langley stays late on the House battleground
From Green Bay to the suburbs that decide Congress, the House battleground is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.
Peter Lang · Apr 7, 2026
The Floor
Bill 2241 and the problem of a border supplemental
Lawmakers spent April 7, 2026 arguing over a northern border staffing measure, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · Apr 7, 2026
West Wing
Langley stays late on a Cabinet loyalty test
On April 7, 2026, the presidency turned a Cabinet loyalty test into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
James Whitfield · Apr 7, 2026
Industrial Policy
New Brunswick’s energy corridor confronts an election-deepfake statute
The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. An election-deepfake statute is how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.
Elena Voss · Apr 7, 2026
Drug Prices
In Tucson, cross-border drug runs reprices the map
American health policy leaks north. Cross-border drug runs is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Rachel Okonkwo · Apr 7, 2026
The Strait
What 47 per cent in Tucson says about diesel inventories
A barrel at US$83 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Diesel inventories are the latest attempt to look in control.
Owen MacLeod · Apr 7, 2026
The Border
Energy and Commerce turns to asylum clock rules as Omaha watches
Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — asylum clock rules — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.
Nadia Rahman · Apr 7, 2026
The Nine
In Des Moines, a birthright petition blocks the map
The legal system is now a second front. A birthright petition is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.
Claire Fontaine · Apr 7, 2026
The Alliance
New Brunswick’s energy corridor confronts the Five Eyes tempo
American statecraft on April 7, 2026 treated the Five Eyes tempo as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Lila Okada · Apr 7, 2026
The War
Canada’s stake in allied basing rights just got larger
Inside the building that still runs American war, allied basing rights is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Marcus Hale · Apr 7, 2026
The Borderline
Canada’s stake in dollar-for-dollar tariffs just got larger
The relationship that used to be muscle memory is now a file with a clock on it — dollar-for-dollar tariffs, seen from both sides of the border.
Sophie Tremblay · Apr 7, 2026
Markets
Bill 2231 and the problem of a hot payrolls print
The number that moved Washington on April 7, 2026 was not a speech. It was a hot payrolls print, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · Apr 7, 2026
