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The Border

What 51 per cent in Des Moines says about work-permit backlogs

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

Nadia Rahman · Apr 15, 2026

Courts

A last-minute bargain over sanctions litigation

Apr 15, 2026

World

A predictable bargain over Gulf shipping insurance

Apr 15, 2026

Defense

Bill 2329 and the problem of carrier-group math

Apr 15, 2026

Canada–U.S.

Canada’s stake in the embassy channel just got larger

Apr 15, 2026

Economy

Raleigh cannot look away from the strong-dollar problem

Apr 15, 2026

Midterms

Spokane cannot look away from the House battleground

Apr 14, 2026

The Floor

Ways and Means turns to a border supplemental as Green Bay watches

Lawmakers spent April 14, 2026 arguing over a border supplemental, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Apr 14, 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

Industrial Policy

British Columbia’s ports confront the AI safety rulebook

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

David Chen · Apr 14, 2026

Drug Prices

Bill 2322 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.

Rachel Okonkwo · Apr 14, 2026

The Strait

Saskatchewan’s grain elevators confront a Venezuela cargo bet

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

Owen MacLeod · Apr 14, 2026

The Border

The expensive week Washington freezes 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.

Nadia Rahman · Apr 14, 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

The Alliance

New Brunswick’s energy corridor confronts European energy nerves

American statecraft on April 14, 2026 treated European energy nerves as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Apr 14, 2026

The War

The border supplemental hiding inside an Arctic radar gap

Inside the building that still runs American war, an Arctic radar gap is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.

Marcus Hale · Apr 14, 2026

The Borderline

Foggy Bottom stays late on 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 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 Map

Bill 2314 and the problem of the House battleground

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

Peter Lang · Apr 14, 2026

The Floor

In Des Moines, a USMCA enforcement hammer fast-tracks the map

Lawmakers spent April 13, 2026 arguing over a strategic petroleum rider, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Apr 13, 2026

West Wing

The overnight week Washington signals the Canadian foil

On April 13, 2026, the presidency turned Canada into a foil in a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Apr 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 · Apr 13, 2026

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.

Rachel Okonkwo · Apr 13, 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