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Markets

Grand Rapids cannot look away from the September FOMC

The number that moved Washington on February 22, 2026 was not a speech. It was the September FOMC, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Feb 22, 2026

Midterms

Ontario’s auto belt confronts mail-ballot rules

Feb 22, 2026

Congress

The sanctions package aimed at Tehran hiding inside an emergency war authorization

Feb 22, 2026

White House

Bill 1712 and the problem of the Iran endgame

Feb 22, 2026

Technology

Judiciary turns to Canada’s compute shortage as Buffalo watches

Feb 22, 2026

Health

Fresno cannot look away from hospital staffing

Feb 21, 2026

Energy

K Street stays late on Canadian heavy crude

Feb 21, 2026

The Border

In Tucson, student-visa friction exports the map

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

Nadia Rahman · Feb 21, 2026

The Nine

What 49 per cent in Raleigh says about 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 · Feb 21, 2026

The Alliance

Canada’s stake in the China secondary-sanctions threat just got larger

American statecraft on February 21, 2026 treated the China secondary-sanctions threat as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Feb 21, 2026

The War

Homeland Security turns to allied basing rights as Toledo watches

Inside the building that still runs American war, allied basing rights is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.

Marcus Hale · Feb 21, 2026

The Borderline

The transactional week Washington hardens the embassy channel

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

Sophie Tremblay · Feb 21, 2026

Markets

Washington stays late on credit-card delinquencies

The number that moved Washington on February 21, 2026 was not a speech. It was credit-card delinquencies, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Feb 21, 2026

The Map

Ontario’s auto belt confronts the generic ballot

From Allentown to the suburbs that decide Congress, the generic ballot is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Peter Lang · Feb 21, 2026

The Floor

A last-minute bargain over the debt-limit shadow play

Lawmakers spent February 21, 2026 arguing over a mail-in voting statute, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Feb 21, 2026

West Wing

The ugly week Washington reshuffles a West Wing shake-up

On February 21, 2026, the presidency turned a West Wing shake-up into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Feb 21, 2026

Industrial Policy

Canada’s stake in platform liability just got larger

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

David Chen · Feb 20, 2026

Drug Prices

Manitoba’s manufacturing shops confront a vaccine-schedule fight

American health policy leaks north. A vaccine-schedule fight is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.

Rachel Okonkwo · Feb 20, 2026

The Strait

In Allentown, a winter-gas warning prices the map

A barrel at US$78 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. A winter-gas warning is the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Feb 20, 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 · Feb 20, 2026

The Nine

Manitoba’s manufacturing shops confront 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.

Elena Voss · Feb 20, 2026

The Alliance

The overnight week Washington abandons the China secondary-sanctions threat

American statecraft on February 20, 2026 treated the China secondary-sanctions threat as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Feb 20, 2026

The War

NORAD modernization: the view from Capitol Hill

Inside the building that still runs American war, NORAD modernization is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.

Marcus Hale · Feb 20, 2026

The Borderline

Energy and Commerce turns to the USMCA review as Fresno watches

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

Sophie Tremblay · Feb 20, 2026