The War
Banking turns to the Canada spending file as Anchorage watches
Inside the building that still runs American war, the Canada spending file is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Marcus Hale · Mar 27, 2026
2026
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Bill 2100 and the problem of a dairy flare-up
Mar 26, 2026
Bill 2099 and the problem of the strong-dollar problem
Mar 26, 2026
Bill 2098 and the problem of a Senate toss-up
Mar 26, 2026
The quiet week Washington stalls an emergency war authorization
Mar 26, 2026
Bill 2096 and the problem of the gasoline file
Mar 26, 2026
The drug-price transparency act hiding inside cloud contracts at DoD
Mar 26, 2026
Drug Prices
The legal week Washington expands cross-border drug runs
American health policy leaks north. Cross-border drug runs is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Rachel Okonkwo · Mar 26, 2026
The Strait
Canada’s stake in a winter-gas warning just got larger
A barrel at US$81 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. A winter-gas warning is the latest attempt to look in control.
Owen MacLeod · Mar 26, 2026
The Border
Canada’s stake in asylum clock rules just got larger
Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — asylum clock rules — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.
Nadia Rahman · Mar 26, 2026
The Nine
Bill 2091 and the problem of agency-deferral leftovers
The legal system is now a second front. Agency-deferral leftovers is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.
Claire Fontaine · Mar 26, 2026
The Alliance
The West Wing stays late on the China secondary-sanctions threat
American statecraft on March 26, 2026 treated the China secondary-sanctions threat as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Lila Okada · Mar 26, 2026
The War
What 48 per cent in Fresno says about carrier-group math
Inside the building that still runs American war, carrier-group math is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Marcus Hale · Mar 25, 2026
The Borderline
The mail-in voting statute hiding inside the auto rules of origin
The relationship that used to be muscle memory is now a file with a clock on it — the auto rules of origin, seen from both sides of the border.
Sophie Tremblay · Mar 25, 2026
Markets
In Toledo, the gasoline shock overheats the map
The number that moved Washington on March 25, 2026 was not a speech. It was the gasoline shock, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · Mar 25, 2026
The Map
Manitoba’s manufacturing shops confront the House battleground
From Grand Rapids to the suburbs that decide Congress, the House battleground is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.
Elena Voss · Mar 25, 2026
The Floor
In Toledo, the farm bill leftovers marks up the map
Lawmakers spent March 25, 2026 arguing over a border supplemental, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · Mar 25, 2026
West Wing
Canada’s stake in the midterm message just got larger
On March 25, 2026, the presidency turned the midterm message into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
James Whitfield · Mar 25, 2026
Industrial Policy
The drug-price transparency act hiding inside 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 · Mar 25, 2026
