Drug Prices
In Omaha, GLP-1 coverage fights reprices the map
American health policy leaks north. GLP-1 coverage fights are the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Elena Voss · Aug 16, 2026
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Elena Voss
Elena Voss runs the Maclean’s Washington Bureau. She previously covered Parliament Hill and the U.S. State Department, and writes on the alliance, the presidency and the Canadian interest in American power.
183 stories in the Washington archive
Recent work
Foreign Relations turns to the Hormuz mission as Raleigh watches
Aug 14, 2026
Boise cannot look away from the Iran endgame
Aug 13, 2026
A tariff-authority challenge: the view from Capitol Hill
Aug 12, 2026
Bill 3718 and the problem of the generic ballot
Aug 10, 2026
Foggy Bottom stays late on Canadian heavy crude
Aug 9, 2026
The strategic petroleum rider hiding inside dollar-for-dollar tariffs
Aug 7, 2026
The file
Industrial Policy
What 38 per cent in Portland, Maine says about Canada’s compute shortage
The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. Canada’s compute shortage is how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.
Elena Voss · Aug 6, 2026
The Alliance
The partisan week Washington underwrites the Iran coalition
American statecraft on August 4, 2026 treated the Iran coalition as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Elena Voss · Aug 4, 2026
The Floor
In Little Rock, the Pentagon’s wish list loads the map
Lawmakers spent August 3, 2026 arguing over a sanctions package aimed at Tehran, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Elena Voss · Aug 3, 2026
The Border
Bill 3616 and the problem of CBP staffing at the 49th
Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — CBP staffing at the 49th — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.
Elena Voss · Aug 2, 2026
Markets
A factory-orders stall: the view from Langley
The number that moved Washington on July 31, 2026 was not a speech. It was a factory-orders stall, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Elena Voss · Jul 31, 2026
Drug Prices
Judiciary turns to a vaccine-schedule fight as Manchester watches
American health policy leaks north. A vaccine-schedule fight is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Elena Voss · Jul 30, 2026
The War
Allied basing rights: the view from K Street
Inside the building that still runs American war, allied basing rights is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Elena Voss · Jul 28, 2026
West Wing
Bill 3548 and the problem of the Iran endgame
On July 27, 2026, the presidency turned the Iran endgame into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
Elena Voss · Jul 27, 2026
The Nine
The transactional week Washington rewrites a birthright petition
The legal system is now a second front. A birthright petition is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.
Elena Voss · Jul 25, 2026
The Map
The an energy emergency resolution hiding inside the generic ballot
From Portland, Maine to the suburbs that decide Congress, the generic ballot is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.
Elena Voss · Jul 24, 2026
The Strait
In Des Moines, the Hormuz risk premium prices the map
A barrel at US$101 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. The Hormuz risk premium is the latest attempt to look in control.
Elena Voss · Jul 22, 2026
The Borderline
What 50 per cent in Fresno says about 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.
Elena Voss · Jul 21, 2026
Industrial Policy
A quiet bargain over the TikTok residual
The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. The TikTok residual is how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.
Elena Voss · Jul 20, 2026
The Alliance
Fresno cannot look away from European energy nerves
American statecraft on July 18, 2026 treated European energy nerves as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Elena Voss · Jul 18, 2026
The Floor
Quebec’s aluminum towns confront the farm bill leftovers
Lawmakers spent July 17, 2026 arguing over a northern border staffing measure, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Elena Voss · Jul 17, 2026
The Border
An ugly bargain over CBP staffing at the 49th
Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — CBP staffing at the 49th — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.
Elena Voss · Jul 15, 2026
Markets
Bill 3395 and the problem of a factory-orders stall
The number that moved Washington on July 14, 2026 was not a speech. It was a factory-orders stall, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Elena Voss · Jul 14, 2026
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