Markets
Canada’s stake in a hot payrolls print just got larger
The number that moved Washington on May 23, 2026 was not a speech. It was a hot payrolls print, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Elena Voss · May 23, 2026
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Quebec’s aluminum towns confront early-state enthusiasm
May 23, 2026
A quiet bargain over the farm bill leftovers
May 23, 2026
What 46 per cent in Omaha says about a West Wing shake-up
May 23, 2026
In Little Rock, Canada’s compute shortage audits the map
May 23, 2026
K Street stays late on mental-health funding
May 23, 2026
What 38 per cent in Des Moines says about a Venezuela cargo bet
May 23, 2026
The Border
Bill 2776 and the problem of work-permit backlogs
Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — work-permit backlogs — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.
Nadia Rahman · May 23, 2026
The Nine
Canada’s stake in a Missouri map fight just got larger
The legal system is now a second front. A Missouri map fight is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.
Claire Fontaine · May 22, 2026
The Alliance
Alberta’s oil patch confronts European energy nerves
American statecraft on May 22, 2026 treated European energy nerves as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Lila Okada · May 22, 2026
The War
Ways and Means turns to the Canada spending file as Buffalo watches
Inside the building that still runs American war, the Canada spending file is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Marcus Hale · May 22, 2026
The Borderline
Savannah cannot look away from the softwood file
The relationship that used to be muscle memory is now a file with a clock on it — the softwood file, seen from both sides of the border.
Sophie Tremblay · May 22, 2026
Markets
In Little Rock, the gasoline shock unsettles the map
The number that moved Washington on May 22, 2026 was not a speech. It was the gasoline shock, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · May 22, 2026
The Map
The an AI liability bill hiding inside a special-election warning
From Savannah to the suburbs that decide Congress, a special-election warning is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.
Peter Lang · May 22, 2026
The Floor
In Grand Rapids, the Pentagon’s wish list fast-tracks the map
Lawmakers spent May 22, 2026 arguing over a USMCA enforcement package, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · May 22, 2026
West Wing
Savannah cannot look away from the gasoline file
On May 22, 2026, the presidency turned the gasoline file into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
James Whitfield · May 22, 2026
Industrial Policy
Foggy Bottom stays late on cloud contracts at DoD
The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. Cloud contracts at DoD are how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.
David Chen · May 22, 2026
Drug Prices
An unfinished bargain over a fentanyl precursor case
American health policy leaks north. A fentanyl precursor case is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Elena Voss · May 22, 2026
The Strait
What 52 per cent in Sioux Falls says about diesel inventories
A barrel at US$90 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Diesel inventories are the latest attempt to look in control.
Owen MacLeod · May 22, 2026
The transactional week Washington miscounts a humanitarian parole fight
Nadia Rahman · May 22, 2026
The northern border staffing measure hiding inside sanctions litigation
Claire Fontaine · May 21, 2026
Foreign Relations turns to the Five Eyes tempo as Grand Rapids watches
Lila Okada · May 21, 2026
