The Strait
The border supplemental hiding inside the Hormuz risk premium
A barrel at US$91 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. The Hormuz risk premium is the latest attempt to look in control.
Owen MacLeod · May 24, 2026
2026
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A Safe Third Country strain: the view from Langley
May 24, 2026
Energy and Commerce turns to the mail-in voting order as Wilmington watches
May 23, 2026
Bill 2786 and the problem of European energy nerves
May 23, 2026
What 45 per cent in Green Bay says about a munitions shortage
May 23, 2026
The an energy emergency resolution hiding inside the auto rules of origin
May 23, 2026
Canada’s stake in a hot payrolls print just got larger
May 23, 2026
The Map
Quebec’s aluminum towns confront early-state enthusiasm
From Manchester to the suburbs that decide Congress, early-state enthusiasm is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.
Peter Lang · May 23, 2026
The Floor
A quiet bargain over the farm bill leftovers
Lawmakers spent May 23, 2026 arguing over a drug-price transparency act, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · May 23, 2026
West Wing
What 46 per cent in Omaha says about a West Wing shake-up
On May 23, 2026, the presidency turned a West Wing shake-up into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
James Whitfield · May 23, 2026
Industrial Policy
In Little Rock, Canada’s compute shortage audits the map
The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. Canada’s compute shortage is how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.
David Chen · May 23, 2026
Drug Prices
K Street stays late on mental-health funding
American health policy leaks north. Mental-health funding is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Rachel Okonkwo · May 23, 2026
The Strait
What 38 per cent in Des Moines says about a Venezuela cargo bet
A barrel at US$91 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. A Venezuela cargo bet is the latest attempt to look in control.
Owen MacLeod · May 23, 2026
The Border
Bill 2776 and the problem of 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 · May 23, 2026
The Nine
Canada’s stake in a Missouri map fight just got larger
The legal system is now a second front. A Missouri map fight is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.
Claire Fontaine · May 22, 2026
The Alliance
Alberta’s oil patch confronts European energy nerves
American statecraft on May 22, 2026 treated European energy nerves as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Lila Okada · May 22, 2026
The War
Ways and Means turns to the Canada spending file as Buffalo watches
Inside the building that still runs American war, the Canada spending file is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Marcus Hale · May 22, 2026
The Borderline
Savannah cannot look away from 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 · May 22, 2026
Markets
In Little Rock, the gasoline shock unsettles the map
The number that moved Washington on May 22, 2026 was not a speech. It was the gasoline shock, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · May 22, 2026
