Drug Prices
What 41 per cent in Buffalo says about GLP-1 coverage fights
American health policy leaks north. GLP-1 coverage fights are the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Rachel Okonkwo · Jun 16, 2026
2026
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Chattanooga cannot look away from a winter-gas warning
Jun 16, 2026
K Street stays late on work-permit backlogs
Jun 16, 2026
Manitoba’s manufacturing shops confront sanctions litigation
Jun 16, 2026
Mexico’s balancing act: the view from Langley
Jun 16, 2026
Canada’s stake in NORAD modernization just got larger
Jun 16, 2026
Manitoba’s manufacturing shops confront the USMCA review
Jun 16, 2026
Markets
Little Rock cannot look away from the strong-dollar problem
The number that moved Washington on June 15, 2026 was not a speech. It was the strong-dollar problem, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · Jun 15, 2026
The Map
The transactional week Washington tilts mail-ballot rules
From Grand Rapids to the suburbs that decide Congress, mail-ballot rules are rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.
Peter Lang · Jun 15, 2026
The Floor
Manitoba’s manufacturing shops confront a USMCA enforcement hammer
Lawmakers spent June 15, 2026 arguing over a mail-in voting statute, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · Jun 15, 2026
West Wing
Bill 3056 and the problem of a sudden pardon rumour
On June 15, 2026, the presidency turned a sudden pardon rumour into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
James Whitfield · Jun 15, 2026
Industrial Policy
Langley stays late on the TikTok residual
The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. The TikTok residual is how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.
Elena Voss · Jun 15, 2026
Drug Prices
What 48 per cent in Sioux Falls says about a vaccine-schedule fight
American health policy leaks north. A vaccine-schedule fight is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Rachel Okonkwo · Jun 15, 2026
The Strait
Bill 3053 and the problem of a Venezuela cargo bet
A barrel at US$95 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. A Venezuela cargo bet is the latest attempt to look in control.
Owen MacLeod · Jun 15, 2026
The Border
Foggy Bottom stays late on 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 · Jun 15, 2026
The Nine
The border supplemental hiding inside the mail-in voting order
The legal system is now a second front. The mail-in voting order is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.
Claire Fontaine · Jun 15, 2026
The Alliance
What 40 per cent in Omaha says about the Five Eyes tempo
American statecraft on June 15, 2026 treated the Five Eyes tempo as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Lila Okada · Jun 15, 2026
The War
Capitol Hill stays late on NORAD modernization
Inside the building that still runs American war, NORAD modernization is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Marcus Hale · Jun 15, 2026
The Borderline
An unfinished bargain over a dairy flare-up
The relationship that used to be muscle memory is now a file with a clock on it — a dairy flare-up, seen from both sides of the border.
Sophie Tremblay · Jun 15, 2026
Saskatchewan’s grain elevators confront the December funding patch
Amrita Shah · Jun 14, 2026
Armed Services turns to an election-deepfake statute as Tucson watches
David Chen · Jun 14, 2026