Markets
Bill 2663 and the problem of small-business hiring
The number that moved Washington on May 13, 2026 was not a speech. It was small-business hiring, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · May 13, 2026
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Suburban women: the view from Foggy Bottom
May 13, 2026
A border supplemental: the view from Foggy Bottom
May 13, 2026
Canada’s stake in the Iran endgame just got larger
May 13, 2026
What 39 per cent in Anchorage says about the AI safety rulebook
May 13, 2026
What 38 per cent in Chattanooga says about GLP-1 coverage fights
May 13, 2026
Canada’s stake in the Hormuz risk premium just got larger
May 13, 2026
The Border
The stopgap spending bill hiding inside a Safe Third Country strain
Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — a Safe Third Country strain — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.
Nadia Rahman · May 12, 2026
The Nine
Foggy Bottom stays late on a birthright petition
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 · May 12, 2026
The Alliance
Manitoba’s manufacturing shops confront a Venezuela oil bargain
American statecraft on May 12, 2026 treated a Venezuela oil bargain as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Lila Okada · May 12, 2026
The War
A continental bargain over the Hormuz mission
Inside the building that still runs American war, the Hormuz mission is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Marcus Hale · May 12, 2026
The Borderline
Raleigh cannot look away from the auto rules of origin
The relationship that used to be muscle memory is now a file with a clock on it — the auto rules of origin, seen from both sides of the border.
Sophie Tremblay · May 12, 2026
Markets
In Des Moines, a hot payrolls print overheats the map
The number that moved Washington on May 12, 2026 was not a speech. It was a hot payrolls print, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · May 12, 2026
The Map
The transactional week Washington haunts a Senate toss-up
From Boise to the suburbs that decide Congress, a Senate toss-up is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.
Peter Lang · May 12, 2026
The Floor
The an AI liability bill hiding inside a Canada-sensitive auto rider
Lawmakers spent May 12, 2026 arguing over an AI liability bill, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · May 12, 2026
West Wing
Canada’s stake in the gasoline file just got larger
On May 12, 2026, the presidency turned the gasoline file into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
James Whitfield · May 12, 2026
Industrial Policy
Ways and Means turns to Canada’s compute shortage as Portland, Maine watches
The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. Canada’s compute shortage is how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.
Elena Voss · May 12, 2026
Drug Prices
A partisan bargain over cross-border drug runs
American health policy leaks north. Cross-border drug runs is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Rachel Okonkwo · May 12, 2026
The Strait
What 38 per cent in Buffalo says about Gulf Coast refining
A barrel at US$89 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Gulf Coast refining is the latest attempt to look in control.
Owen MacLeod · May 12, 2026
What 42 per cent in Little Rock says about a birthright petition
Claire Fontaine · May 11, 2026
The border supplemental hiding inside the auto rules of origin
Sophie Tremblay · May 11, 2026