Drug Prices
Bill 3162 and the problem of hospital staffing
American health policy leaks north. Hospital staffing is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Rachel Okonkwo · Jun 24, 2026
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The legal week Washington reroutes a Venezuela cargo bet
Jun 24, 2026
The strategic petroleum rider hiding inside student-visa friction
Jun 24, 2026
Banking turns to a birthright petition as Wilmington watches
Jun 24, 2026
Langley stays late on the Iran coalition
Jun 24, 2026
An ugly bargain over the tanker war
Jun 24, 2026
The USMCA enforcement package hiding inside the auto rules of origin
Jun 24, 2026
Markets
A last-minute bargain over the gasoline shock
The number that moved Washington on June 24, 2026 was not a speech. It was the gasoline shock, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · Jun 24, 2026
The Map
In Anchorage, the House battleground explodes the map
From Anchorage to the suburbs that decide Congress, the House battleground is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.
Peter Lang · Jun 24, 2026
The Floor
What 45 per cent in Savannah says about a Canada-sensitive auto rider
Lawmakers spent June 23, 2026 arguing over a strategic petroleum rider, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · Jun 23, 2026
West Wing
Green Bay cannot look away from a West Wing shake-up
On June 23, 2026, the presidency turned a West Wing shake-up into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
James Whitfield · Jun 23, 2026
Industrial Policy
Canada’s stake in Canada’s compute shortage just got larger
The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. Canada’s compute shortage is how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.
David Chen · Jun 23, 2026
Drug Prices
What 42 per cent in Manchester says about Medicare drug talks
American health policy leaks north. Medicare drug talks are the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Rachel Okonkwo · Jun 23, 2026
The Strait
Allentown cannot look away from Canadian heavy crude
A barrel at US$96 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Canadian heavy crude is the latest attempt to look in control.
Owen MacLeod · Jun 23, 2026
The Border
The legal week Washington accelerates 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 · Jun 23, 2026
The Nine
The USMCA enforcement package hiding inside 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 · Jun 23, 2026
The Alliance
Homeland Security turns to a Venezuela oil bargain as Toledo watches
American statecraft on June 23, 2026 treated a Venezuela oil bargain as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Lila Okada · Jun 23, 2026
The War
Bill 3145 and the problem of a munitions shortage
Inside the building that still runs American war, a munitions shortage is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Marcus Hale · Jun 23, 2026
The Borderline
Toledo cannot look away from the embassy channel
The relationship that used to be muscle memory is now a file with a clock on it — the embassy channel, seen from both sides of the border.
Sophie Tremblay · Jun 23, 2026
