Industrial Policy
The quiet week Washington onshores platform liability
The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. Platform liability is how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.
David Chen · Jul 1, 2026
2026
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Bill 3246 and the problem of mental-health funding
Jul 1, 2026
Jet-fuel hedges: the view from Langley
Jul 1, 2026
Savannah cannot look away from asylum clock rules
Jul 1, 2026
The dangerous week Washington upholds the mail-in voting order
Jul 1, 2026
The expensive week Washington courts the China secondary-sanctions threat
Jul 1, 2026
The tanker war: the view from K Street
Jul 1, 2026
The Borderline
Steel and aluminum duties: the view from Capitol Hill
The relationship that used to be muscle memory is now a file with a clock on it — steel and aluminum duties, seen from both sides of the border.
Sophie Tremblay · Jul 1, 2026
Markets
The intelligence panel turns to a factory-orders stall as Boise watches
The number that moved Washington on July 1, 2026 was not a speech. It was a factory-orders stall, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · Jul 1, 2026
The Map
The farm-state biofuels carve-out hiding inside the suburban-women vote
From Des Moines to the suburbs that decide Congress, the suburban-women vote is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.
Peter Lang · Jul 1, 2026
The Floor
Foggy Bottom stays late on a Canada-sensitive auto rider
Lawmakers spent July 1, 2026 arguing over a USMCA enforcement package, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · Jul 1, 2026
West Wing
What 41 per cent in Tucson says about a West Wing shake-up
On June 30, 2026, the presidency turned a West Wing shake-up into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
James Whitfield · Jun 30, 2026
Industrial Policy
Ways and Means turns to a chip-export tightening as Anchorage watches
The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. A chip-export tightening is how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.
David Chen · Jun 30, 2026