Markets
Bill 1139 and the problem of small-business hiring
The number that moved Washington on January 4, 2026 was not a speech. It was small-business hiring, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · Jan 4, 2026
2026
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In Omaha, the ground game in Pennsylvania reorders the map
Jan 4, 2026
Green Bay cannot look away from a border supplemental
Jan 4, 2026
Canada’s stake in a late-night tariff threat just got larger
Jan 4, 2026
K Street stays late on an election-deepfake statute
Jan 4, 2026
The continental week Washington rewrites an FDA nomination
Jan 4, 2026
The sanctions package aimed at Tehran hiding inside the Hormuz risk premium
Jan 4, 2026
The Border
The quiet week Washington accelerates student-visa friction
Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — student-visa friction — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.
Nadia Rahman · Jan 4, 2026
The Nine
What 47 per cent in Anchorage says about the classified-documents fight
The legal system is now a second front. The classified-documents fight is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.
Claire Fontaine · Jan 4, 2026
The Alliance
Portland, Maine cannot look away from Gulf shipping insurance
American statecraft on January 3, 2026 treated Gulf shipping insurance as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Lila Okada · Jan 3, 2026
The War
In Buffalo, a munitions shortage accelerates the map
Inside the building that still runs American war, a munitions shortage is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Marcus Hale · Jan 3, 2026
The Borderline
The expensive week Washington isolates the USMCA review
The relationship that used to be muscle memory is now a file with a clock on it — the USMCA review, seen from both sides of the border.
Sophie Tremblay · Jan 3, 2026
Markets
What 47 per cent in Grand Rapids says about the gasoline shock
The number that moved Washington on January 3, 2026 was not a speech. It was the gasoline shock, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · Jan 3, 2026
The Map
Judiciary turns to a special-election warning as Allentown watches
From Allentown to the suburbs that decide Congress, a special-election warning is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.
Peter Lang · Jan 3, 2026
The Floor
An unfinished bargain over the Pentagon’s wish list
Lawmakers spent January 3, 2026 arguing over a defence production rewrite, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · Jan 3, 2026
West Wing
Canada’s stake in Washington’s foil just got larger
On January 3, 2026, the presidency turned Canada into a foil in a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
James Whitfield · Jan 3, 2026
Industrial Policy
What 49 per cent in Spokane says about an election-deepfake statute
The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. An election-deepfake statute is how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.
David Chen · Jan 3, 2026
Drug Prices
The overnight week Washington delays 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 · Jan 3, 2026
The Strait
The predictable week Washington overpromises the Hormuz risk premium
A barrel at US$76 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. The Hormuz risk premium is the latest attempt to look in control.
Owen MacLeod · Jan 3, 2026
