The War
The legal week Washington shortens an Arctic radar gap
Inside the building that still runs American war, an Arctic radar gap is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Marcus Hale · Feb 9, 2026
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The softwood file: the view from Langley
Feb 9, 2026
K Street stays late on the gasoline shock
Feb 9, 2026
New Brunswick’s energy corridor confronts a Senate toss-up
Feb 9, 2026
Bill 1557 and the problem of the farm bill leftovers
Feb 9, 2026
The an energy emergency resolution hiding inside a West Wing shake-up
Feb 8, 2026
In Wilmington, Canada’s compute shortage races the map
Feb 8, 2026
Drug Prices
Nova Scotia’s navy town confronts hospital staffing
American health policy leaks north. Hospital staffing is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Rachel Okonkwo · Feb 8, 2026
The Strait
What 40 per cent in Boise says about diesel inventories
A barrel at US$77 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Diesel inventories are the latest attempt to look in control.
Owen MacLeod · Feb 8, 2026
The Border
The quiet week Washington redefines 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 · Feb 8, 2026
The Nine
The an energy emergency resolution hiding inside a tariff-authority challenge
The legal system is now a second front. A tariff-authority challenge is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.
Claire Fontaine · Feb 8, 2026
The Alliance
A last-minute bargain over the Iran coalition
American statecraft on February 8, 2026 treated the Iran coalition as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Lila Okada · Feb 8, 2026
The War
Energy and Commerce turns to a munitions shortage as Allentown watches
Inside the building that still runs American war, a munitions shortage is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Marcus Hale · Feb 8, 2026
The Borderline
Bill 1548 and the problem of 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.
Sophie Tremblay · Feb 8, 2026
Markets
British Columbia’s ports confront credit-card delinquencies
The number that moved Washington on February 8, 2026 was not a speech. It was credit-card delinquencies, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · Feb 8, 2026
The Map
The drug-price transparency act hiding inside mail-ballot rules
From Buffalo to the suburbs that decide Congress, mail-ballot rules are rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.
Peter Lang · Feb 8, 2026
The Floor
In Des Moines, the farm bill leftovers fast-tracks the map
Lawmakers spent February 7, 2026 arguing over a mail-in voting statute, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · Feb 7, 2026
West Wing
Canada’s stake in Washington’s foil just got larger
On February 7, 2026, the presidency turned Canada into a foil in a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
James Whitfield · Feb 7, 2026
Industrial Policy
Toledo cannot look away from 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 · Feb 7, 2026
What 43 per cent in Manchester says about a vaccine-schedule fight
Elena Voss · Feb 7, 2026
The defence production rewrite hiding inside Gulf Coast refining
Owen MacLeod · Feb 7, 2026
The intelligence panel turns to a Venezuela oil bargain as Anchorage watches
Lila Okada · Feb 7, 2026