Drug Prices
Mental-health funding: the view from the border
American health policy leaks north. Mental-health funding is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Elena Voss · May 4, 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
What 42 per cent in Raleigh says about the Canada spending file
May 3, 2026
The USMCA enforcement package hiding inside a late-night tariff threat
May 2, 2026
The defence production rewrite hiding inside the classified-documents fight
Apr 30, 2026
Bill 2494 and the problem of early-state enthusiasm
Apr 29, 2026
What 51 per cent in Toledo says about the Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Apr 27, 2026
Bill 2460 and the problem of a dairy flare-up
Apr 26, 2026
The file
Industrial Policy
Platform liability: the view from the West Wing
The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. Platform liability is how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.
Elena Voss · Apr 24, 2026
The Alliance
What 42 per cent in Chattanooga says about the China secondary-sanctions threat
American statecraft on April 23, 2026 treated the China secondary-sanctions threat as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Elena Voss · Apr 23, 2026
The Floor
A transactional bargain over the debt-limit shadow play
Lawmakers spent April 22, 2026 arguing over a defence production rewrite, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Elena Voss · Apr 22, 2026
The Border
A partisan 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.
Elena Voss · Apr 20, 2026
Markets
The stopgap spending bill hiding inside small-business hiring
The number that moved Washington on April 19, 2026 was not a speech. It was small-business hiring, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Elena Voss · Apr 19, 2026
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
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
West Wing
What 42 per cent in Chattanooga says about a sudden pardon rumour
On April 14, 2026, the presidency turned a sudden pardon rumour into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
Elena Voss · Apr 14, 2026
The Nine
In Des Moines, agency-deferral leftovers upholds the map
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.
Elena Voss · Apr 13, 2026
The Map
Bill 2290 and the problem of the suburban-women vote
From Portland, Maine to the suburbs that decide Congress, the suburban-women vote is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.
Elena Voss · Apr 11, 2026
The Strait
What 51 per cent in Spokane says about the Strategic Petroleum Reserve
A barrel at US$83 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. The Strategic Petroleum Reserve is the latest attempt to look in control.
Elena Voss · Apr 10, 2026
The Borderline
Ways and Means turns to cross-border data rules as Chattanooga watches
The relationship that used to be muscle memory is now a file with a clock on it — cross-border data rules, seen from both sides of the border.
Elena Voss · Apr 9, 2026
Industrial Policy
New Brunswick’s energy corridor confronts 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.
Elena Voss · Apr 7, 2026
The Alliance
In Allentown, the Five Eyes tempo punishes the map
American statecraft on April 6, 2026 treated the Five Eyes tempo as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Elena Voss · Apr 6, 2026
The Floor
The farm bill leftovers: the view from the border
Lawmakers spent April 4, 2026 arguing over a northern border staffing measure, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Elena Voss · Apr 4, 2026
The Border
An overnight bargain over a humanitarian parole fight
Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — a humanitarian parole fight — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.
Elena Voss · Apr 3, 2026
Markets
A partisan bargain over the September FOMC
The number that moved Washington on April 1, 2026 was not a speech. It was the September FOMC, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Elena Voss · Apr 1, 2026
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