The number that moved Washington on February 14, 2026 was not a speech. It was credit-card delinquencies, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Feb 14, 2026

The Map

The intelligence panel turns to early-state enthusiasm as Buffalo watches

From Buffalo to the suburbs that decide Congress, early-state enthusiasm is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Peter Lang · Feb 14, 2026

The Floor

K Street stays late on the debt-limit shadow play

Lawmakers spent February 14, 2026 arguing over a mail-in voting statute, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Feb 14, 2026

West Wing

A sudden pardon rumour: the view from K Street

On February 13, 2026, the presidency turned a sudden pardon rumour into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Feb 13, 2026

Industrial Policy

Canada’s stake in the TikTok residual just got larger

The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. The TikTok residual is how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.

David Chen · Feb 13, 2026

Drug Prices

Quebec’s aluminum towns confront hospital staffing

American health policy leaks north. Hospital staffing is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.

Rachel Okonkwo · Feb 13, 2026

The Strait

Bill 1613 and the problem of the Hormuz risk premium

A barrel at US$77 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. The Hormuz risk premium is the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Feb 13, 2026

The Border

British Columbia’s ports confront the northern border narrative

Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — the northern border narrative — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.

Nadia Rahman · Feb 13, 2026

The Nine

What 43 per cent in Spokane says about 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.

Claire Fontaine · Feb 13, 2026

The Alliance

Bill 1610 and the problem of a Venezuela oil bargain

American statecraft on February 13, 2026 treated a Venezuela oil bargain as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Elena Voss · Feb 13, 2026

The War

Canada’s stake in the Hormuz mission just got larger

Inside the building that still runs American war, the Hormuz mission is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.

Marcus Hale · Feb 13, 2026

The Borderline

Nova Scotia’s navy town confronts 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.

Sophie Tremblay · Feb 13, 2026

Markets

Langley stays late on credit-card delinquencies

The number that moved Washington on February 13, 2026 was not a speech. It was credit-card delinquencies, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Feb 13, 2026

The Map

The an energy emergency resolution hiding inside the ground game in Pennsylvania

From Buffalo to the suburbs that decide Congress, the ground game in Pennsylvania is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Peter Lang · Feb 13, 2026

The Floor

The mail-in voting statute hiding inside the Pentagon’s wish list

Lawmakers spent February 13, 2026 arguing over a mail-in voting statute, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Feb 13, 2026

West Wing

Bill 1604 and the problem of the midterm message

On February 12, 2026, the presidency turned the midterm message into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Feb 12, 2026