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The Alliance

Langley stays late on the China secondary-sanctions threat

American statecraft on March 30, 2026 treated the China secondary-sanctions threat as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Mar 30, 2026

Defense

Nova Scotia’s navy town confronts an Arctic radar gap

Mar 30, 2026

Canada–U.S.

Canada’s stake in cross-border data rules just got larger

Mar 30, 2026

Economy

The gasoline shock: the view from the West Wing

Mar 29, 2026

Midterms

In Buffalo, mail-ballot rules haunt the map

Mar 29, 2026

Congress

Manitoba’s manufacturing shops confront the farm bill leftovers

Mar 29, 2026

White House

Canada’s stake in a Cabinet loyalty test just got larger

Mar 29, 2026

Industrial Policy

What 47 per cent in Anchorage says about 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 · Mar 29, 2026

Drug Prices

What 44 per cent in Portland, Maine says about 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 · Mar 29, 2026

The Strait

Homeland Security turns to a Venezuela cargo bet as Fresno watches

A barrel at US$81 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. A Venezuela cargo bet is the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Mar 29, 2026

The Border

British Columbia’s ports confront 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 · Mar 29, 2026

The Nine

Bill 2127 and the problem of sanctions litigation

The legal system is now a second front. Sanctions litigation is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.

Claire Fontaine · Mar 29, 2026

The Alliance

The legal week Washington punishes Gulf shipping insurance

American statecraft on March 29, 2026 treated Gulf shipping insurance as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Mar 29, 2026

The War

A munitions shortage: the view from Langley

Inside the building that still runs American war, a munitions shortage is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.

Marcus Hale · Mar 29, 2026

The Borderline

What 46 per cent in Portland, Maine says about dollar-for-dollar tariffs

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

Sophie Tremblay · Mar 28, 2026

Markets

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

The number that moved Washington on March 28, 2026 was not a speech. It was credit-card delinquencies, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Mar 28, 2026

The Map

The unfinished week Washington narrows mail-ballot rules

From Fresno to the suburbs that decide Congress, mail-ballot rules are rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Peter Lang · Mar 28, 2026

The Floor

A dangerous bargain over the December funding patch

Lawmakers spent March 28, 2026 arguing over a sanctions package aimed at Tehran, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Mar 28, 2026

West Wing

The drug-price transparency act hiding inside the Iran endgame

On March 28, 2026, the presidency turned the Iran endgame into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

Elena Voss · Mar 28, 2026

Industrial Policy

A last-minute bargain over data-centre water fights

The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. Data-centre water fights are how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.

David Chen · Mar 28, 2026

Drug Prices

In Raleigh, Medicare drug talks delays the map

American health policy leaks north. Medicare drug talks are the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.

Rachel Okonkwo · Mar 28, 2026

The Strait

What 45 per cent in Wilmington says about a winter-gas warning

A barrel at US$81 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. A winter-gas warning is the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Mar 28, 2026

The Border

In Sioux Falls, work-permit backlogs redefines the map

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

Nadia Rahman · Mar 28, 2026

The Nine

Canada’s stake in a Missouri map fight just got larger

The legal system is now a second front. A Missouri map fight is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.

Claire Fontaine · Mar 28, 2026