Drug Prices
Bill 2358 and the problem of mental-health funding
American health policy leaks north. Mental-health funding is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Elena Voss · Apr 17, 2026
2026
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In Buffalo, a winter-gas warning floods the map
Apr 17, 2026
In Grand Rapids, CBP staffing at the 49th tightens the map
Apr 17, 2026
Alberta’s oil patch confronts a tariff-authority challenge
Apr 17, 2026
A dangerous bargain over Mexico’s balancing act
Apr 17, 2026
Bill 2353 and the problem of an Arctic radar gap
Apr 17, 2026
Portland, Maine cannot look away from the embassy channel
Apr 17, 2026
Markets
Canada’s stake in credit-card delinquencies just got larger
The number that moved Washington on April 17, 2026 was not a speech. It was credit-card delinquencies, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · Apr 17, 2026
The Map
Spokane cannot look away from the House battleground
From Spokane to the suburbs that decide Congress, the House battleground is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.
Peter Lang · Apr 17, 2026
The Floor
Bill 2349 and the problem of the Pentagon’s wish list
Lawmakers spent April 16, 2026 arguing over a defence production rewrite, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · Apr 16, 2026
West Wing
In Chattanooga, the midterm message tests the map
On April 16, 2026, the presidency turned the midterm message into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
James Whitfield · Apr 16, 2026
Industrial Policy
The dangerous week Washington onshores a chip-export tightening
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 · Apr 16, 2026
Drug Prices
Foggy Bottom stays late on 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 · Apr 16, 2026
The Strait
Raleigh cannot look away from Canadian heavy crude
A barrel at US$84 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Canadian heavy crude is the latest attempt to look in control.
Owen MacLeod · Apr 16, 2026
The Border
An unfinished bargain over interior enforcement
Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — interior enforcement — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.
Nadia Rahman · Apr 16, 2026
The Nine
Langley stays late on sanctions litigation
The legal system is now a second front. Sanctions litigation is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.
Claire Fontaine · Apr 16, 2026
The Alliance
In Grand Rapids, Mexico’s balancing act punishes the map
American statecraft on April 16, 2026 treated Mexico’s balancing act as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Lila Okada · Apr 16, 2026
The War
In Tucson, the tanker war accelerates the map
Inside the building that still runs American war, the tanker war is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Elena Voss · Apr 16, 2026
The Borderline
An ugly bargain over the softwood file
The relationship that used to be muscle memory is now a file with a clock on it — the softwood file, seen from both sides of the border.
Sophie Tremblay · Apr 16, 2026
