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The War

Alberta’s oil patch confronts 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 · Mar 28, 2026

Canada–U.S.

The northern border stays late on cross-border data rules

Mar 27, 2026

Economy

A transactional bargain over shelter inflation

Mar 27, 2026

Midterms

Manitoba’s manufacturing shops confront the House battleground

Mar 27, 2026

Congress

Langley stays late on the farm bill leftovers

Mar 27, 2026

White House

Capitol Hill stays late on a Cabinet loyalty test

Mar 27, 2026

Technology

What 49 per cent in Portland, Maine says about Canada’s compute shortage

Mar 27, 2026

Drug Prices

Bill 2106 and the problem of hospital staffing

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

Rachel Okonkwo · Mar 27, 2026

The Strait

What 52 per cent in Wilmington says about a Venezuela cargo bet

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 27, 2026

The Border

In Toledo, asylum clock rules exports the map

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

Nadia Rahman · Mar 27, 2026

The Nine

Little Rock cannot look away from the classified-documents fight

The legal system is now a second front. The classified-documents fight is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.

Elena Voss · Mar 27, 2026

The Alliance

In Spokane, the China secondary-sanctions threat punishes the map

American statecraft on March 27, 2026 treated the China secondary-sanctions threat as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Mar 27, 2026

The War

Banking turns to the Canada spending file as Anchorage watches

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

Marcus Hale · Mar 27, 2026

The Borderline

Bill 2100 and the problem of 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 · Mar 26, 2026

Markets

Bill 2099 and the problem of the strong-dollar problem

The number that moved Washington on March 26, 2026 was not a speech. It was the strong-dollar problem, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Mar 26, 2026

The Map

Bill 2098 and the problem of a Senate toss-up

From Boise to the suburbs that decide Congress, a Senate toss-up is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Peter Lang · Mar 26, 2026

The Floor

The quiet week Washington stalls an emergency war authorization

Lawmakers spent March 26, 2026 arguing over a strategic petroleum rider, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Mar 26, 2026

West Wing

Bill 2096 and the problem of the gasoline file

On March 26, 2026, the presidency turned the gasoline file into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Mar 26, 2026

Industrial Policy

The drug-price transparency act hiding inside cloud contracts at DoD

The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. Cloud contracts at DoD are how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.

David Chen · Mar 26, 2026

Drug Prices

The legal week Washington expands cross-border drug runs

American health policy leaks north. Cross-border drug runs is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.

Rachel Okonkwo · Mar 26, 2026

The Strait

Canada’s stake in a winter-gas warning just got larger

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 26, 2026

The Border

Canada’s stake in asylum clock rules just got larger

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

Nadia Rahman · Mar 26, 2026

The Nine

Bill 2091 and the problem of 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 · Mar 26, 2026

The Alliance

The West Wing stays late on the China secondary-sanctions threat

American statecraft on March 26, 2026 treated the China secondary-sanctions threat as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Mar 26, 2026