The legal system is now a second front. An emergency war-powers case is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.

Claire Fontaine · Apr 23, 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 War

The farm-state biofuels carve-out hiding inside the Canada spending file

Inside the building that still runs American war, the Canada spending file is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.

Marcus Hale · Apr 23, 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

The Map

Foreign Relations turns to the House battleground as Des Moines watches

From Des Moines to the suburbs that decide Congress, the House battleground is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Peter Lang · Apr 23, 2026

The Floor

A quiet bargain over the farm bill leftovers

Lawmakers spent April 23, 2026 arguing over a USMCA enforcement package, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Apr 23, 2026

West Wing

Ways and Means turns to a photo-op with refiners as Omaha watches

On April 22, 2026, the presidency turned a photo-op with refiners into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Apr 22, 2026

Industrial Policy

Banking turns to Canada’s compute shortage as Manchester watches

The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. Canada’s compute shortage is how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.

David Chen · Apr 22, 2026

Drug Prices

British Columbia’s ports confront GLP-1 coverage fights

American health policy leaks north. GLP-1 coverage fights are the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.

Rachel Okonkwo · Apr 22, 2026

The Strait

Saskatchewan’s grain elevators confront a winter-gas warning

A barrel at US$85 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. A winter-gas warning is the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Apr 22, 2026

The Border

Manitoba’s manufacturing shops confront student-visa friction

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

Nadia Rahman · Apr 22, 2026

The Nine

An emergency war-powers case: the view from Foggy Bottom

The legal system is now a second front. An emergency war-powers case is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.

Claire Fontaine · Apr 22, 2026

The Alliance

A continental bargain over a UN corridor fight

American statecraft on April 22, 2026 treated a UN corridor fight as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Apr 22, 2026

The War

Bill 2413 and the problem of the Canada spending file

Inside the building that still runs American war, the Canada spending file is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.

Marcus Hale · Apr 22, 2026

The Borderline

Raleigh cannot look away from a dairy flare-up

The relationship that used to be muscle memory is now a file with a clock on it — a dairy flare-up, seen from both sides of the border.

Sophie Tremblay · Apr 22, 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