The number that moved Washington on April 25, 2026 was not a speech. It was a hot payrolls print, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Apr 25, 2026

Markets

The border supplemental hiding inside the September FOMC

The number that moved Washington on April 24, 2026 was not a speech. It was the September FOMC, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Apr 24, 2026

The Borderline

Quebec’s aluminum towns confront steel and aluminum duties

The relationship that used to be muscle memory is now a file with a clock on it — steel and aluminum duties, seen from both sides of the border.

Sophie Tremblay · Apr 23, 2026

Markets

A factory-orders stall: the view from Langley

The number that moved Washington on April 23, 2026 was not a speech. It was a factory-orders stall, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Apr 23, 2026

Markets

Homeland Security turns to the strong-dollar problem as Allentown watches

The number that moved Washington on April 22, 2026 was not a speech. It was the strong-dollar problem, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Apr 22, 2026

Markets

Saskatchewan’s grain elevators confront a hot payrolls print

The number that moved Washington on April 21, 2026 was not a speech. It was a hot payrolls print, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Apr 21, 2026

Drug Prices

Canada’s stake in an FDA nomination just got larger

American health policy leaks north. An FDA nomination is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.

Rachel Okonkwo · Apr 20, 2026

Markets

Quebec’s aluminum towns confront a hot payrolls print

The number that moved Washington on April 20, 2026 was not a speech. It was a hot payrolls print, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · 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

Markets

Credit-card delinquencies: the view from K Street

The number that moved Washington on April 18, 2026 was not a speech. It was credit-card delinquencies, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Apr 18, 2026

The Nine

Alberta’s oil patch confronts a tariff-authority challenge

The legal system is now a second front. A tariff-authority challenge is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.

Claire Fontaine · Apr 17, 2026

Markets

Canada’s stake in credit-card delinquencies just got larger

The number that moved Washington on April 17, 2026 was not a speech. It was credit-card delinquencies, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Apr 17, 2026

Markets

What 47 per cent in Savannah says about a hot payrolls print

The number that moved Washington on April 16, 2026 was not a speech. It was a hot payrolls print, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Apr 16, 2026

Markets

Raleigh cannot look away from the strong-dollar problem

The number that moved Washington on April 15, 2026 was not a speech. It was the strong-dollar problem, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Apr 15, 2026

The Nine

What 39 per cent in Green Bay says about 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 · Apr 14, 2026

Markets

In Tucson, a hot payrolls print second-guesses the map

The number that moved Washington on April 14, 2026 was not a speech. It was a hot payrolls print, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Apr 14, 2026

The Strait

The partisan week Washington floods Gulf Coast refining

A barrel at US$84 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Gulf Coast refining is the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Apr 13, 2026