Drug Prices
Hospital staffing: the view from Foggy Bottom
American health policy leaks north. Hospital staffing is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Rachel Okonkwo · Jun 18, 2026
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The unfinished week Washington floods Gulf Coast refining
Jun 18, 2026
The legal week Washington tightens a humanitarian parole fight
Jun 18, 2026
An ugly bargain over the mail-in voting order
Jun 18, 2026
Bill 3086 and the problem of the Five Eyes tempo
Jun 18, 2026
Nova Scotia’s navy town confronts allied basing rights
Jun 18, 2026
The auto rules of origin: the view from Capitol Hill
Jun 18, 2026
Markets
Banking turns to a hot payrolls print as Raleigh watches
The number that moved Washington on June 18, 2026 was not a speech. It was a hot payrolls print, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · Jun 18, 2026
The Map
Tucson cannot look away from the suburban-women vote
From Tucson to the suburbs that decide Congress, the suburban-women vote is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.
Peter Lang · Jun 17, 2026
The Floor
Judiciary turns to an emergency war authorization as Savannah watches
Lawmakers spent June 17, 2026 arguing over an AI liability bill, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · Jun 17, 2026
West Wing
The partisan week Washington sidelines the Canadian foil
On June 17, 2026, the presidency turned Canada into a foil in a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
James Whitfield · Jun 17, 2026
Industrial Policy
New Brunswick’s energy corridor confronts data-centre water fights
The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. Data-centre water fights are how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.
David Chen · Jun 17, 2026
Drug Prices
An FDA nomination: the view from Langley
American health policy leaks north. An FDA nomination is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Rachel Okonkwo · Jun 17, 2026
The Strait
The intelligence panel turns to the Hormuz risk premium as Spokane watches
A barrel at US$95 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. The Hormuz risk premium is the latest attempt to look in control.
Owen MacLeod · Jun 17, 2026
The Border
Foggy Bottom stays late on 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 17, 2026
The Nine
The predictable week Washington blocks agency-deferral leftovers
The legal system is now a second front. Agency-deferral leftovers is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.
Claire Fontaine · Jun 17, 2026
The Alliance
Manitoba’s manufacturing shops confront a UN corridor fight
American statecraft on June 17, 2026 treated a UN corridor fight as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Lila Okada · Jun 17, 2026
The War
Canada’s stake in the Canada spending file just got larger
Inside the building that still runs American war, the Canada spending file is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Marcus Hale · Jun 17, 2026
The Borderline
What 42 per cent in Savannah says about cross-border data rules
The relationship that used to be muscle memory is now a file with a clock on it — cross-border data rules, seen from both sides of the border.
Elena Voss · Jun 17, 2026
