The Nine
Bill 1995 and the problem of the mail-in voting order
The legal system is now a second front. The mail-in voting order is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.
Claire Fontaine · Mar 18, 2026
2026
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A partisan bargain over Mexico’s balancing act
Mar 17, 2026
Armed Services turns to the Canada spending file as Manchester watches
Mar 17, 2026
The sanctions package aimed at Tehran hiding inside the USMCA review
Mar 17, 2026
Canada’s stake in shelter inflation just got larger
Mar 17, 2026
Judiciary turns to the generic ballot as Little Rock watches
Mar 17, 2026
The border supplemental hiding inside a border supplemental
Mar 17, 2026
West Wing
What 43 per cent in Tucson says about a late-night tariff threat
On March 17, 2026, the presidency turned a late-night tariff threat into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
James Whitfield · Mar 17, 2026
Industrial Policy
The mail-in voting statute hiding inside 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 · Mar 17, 2026
Drug Prices
Canada’s stake in an FDA nomination just got larger
American health policy leaks north. An FDA nomination is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Rachel Okonkwo · Mar 17, 2026
The Strait
The partisan week Washington overpromises the Strategic Petroleum Reserve
A barrel at US$79 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. The Strategic Petroleum Reserve is the latest attempt to look in control.
Owen MacLeod · Mar 17, 2026
The Border
Saskatchewan’s grain elevators confront interior enforcement
Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — interior enforcement — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.
Elena Voss · Mar 17, 2026
The Nine
The ugly week Washington clears 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 · Mar 17, 2026
The Alliance
What 48 per cent in Green Bay says about a Venezuela oil bargain
American statecraft on March 16, 2026 treated a Venezuela oil bargain as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Lila Okada · Mar 16, 2026
The War
Banking turns to the Hormuz mission as Omaha watches
Inside the building that still runs American war, the Hormuz mission is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Marcus Hale · Mar 16, 2026
The Borderline
Portland, Maine cannot look away from 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 · Mar 16, 2026
Markets
In Little Rock, credit-card delinquencies cools the map
The number that moved Washington on March 16, 2026 was not a speech. It was credit-card delinquencies, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · Mar 16, 2026
The Map
Armed Services turns to early-state enthusiasm as Portland, Maine watches
From Portland, Maine to the suburbs that decide Congress, early-state enthusiasm is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.
Peter Lang · Mar 16, 2026
The Floor
Foreign Relations turns to the December funding patch as Raleigh watches
Lawmakers spent March 16, 2026 arguing over a defence production rewrite, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · Mar 16, 2026
