The War
Bill 3829 and the problem of allied basing rights
Inside the building that still runs American war, allied basing rights is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Marcus Hale · Aug 20, 2026
2026
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Langley stays late on the softwood file
Aug 19, 2026
An overnight bargain over the strong-dollar problem
Aug 19, 2026
In Savannah, a special-election warning freezes the map
Aug 19, 2026
Canada’s stake in the farm bill leftovers just got larger
Aug 19, 2026
In Anchorage, the mail-in ballot order presses the map
Aug 19, 2026
Minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee, July 28–29, 2026
Aug 19, 2026
Industrial Policy
The predictable week Washington splits 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 · Aug 19, 2026
Drug Prices
In Omaha, a fentanyl precursor case narrows the map
American health policy leaks north. A fentanyl precursor case is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Rachel Okonkwo · Aug 19, 2026
The Strait
Canada’s stake in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve just got larger
A barrel at US$106 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. The Strategic Petroleum Reserve is the latest attempt to look in control.
Owen MacLeod · Aug 19, 2026
The Border
Des Moines cannot look away from a humanitarian parole fight
Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — a humanitarian parole fight — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.
Elena Voss · Aug 19, 2026
The Nine
What 40 per cent in Toledo says about 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 · Aug 19, 2026
The Alliance
Manchester cannot look away from the China secondary-sanctions threat
American statecraft on August 19, 2026 treated the China secondary-sanctions threat as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Lila Okada · Aug 19, 2026
The War
Bill 3817 and the problem of the Canada spending file
Inside the building that still runs American war, the Canada spending file is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Marcus Hale · Aug 19, 2026
The Borderline
The quiet week Washington frays 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 · Aug 18, 2026
Markets
The quiet week Washington misreads the September FOMC
The number that moved Washington on August 18, 2026 was not a speech. It was the September FOMC, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · Aug 18, 2026
The Map
Bill 3814 and the problem of the House battleground
From Grand Rapids to the suburbs that decide Congress, the House battleground is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.
Peter Lang · Aug 18, 2026
The Floor
What 46 per cent in Fresno says about the Pentagon’s wish list
Lawmakers spent August 18, 2026 arguing over a strategic petroleum rider, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · Aug 18, 2026
West Wing
The Canadian foil: the view from K Street
On August 18, 2026, the presidency turned Canada into a foil in a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
James Whitfield · Aug 18, 2026
In Little Rock, Canada’s compute shortage weaponizes the map
David Chen · Aug 18, 2026
What 41 per cent in Chattanooga says about a Venezuela cargo bet
Owen MacLeod · Aug 18, 2026
