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The Floor

K Street stays late on the debt-limit shadow play

Lawmakers spent February 14, 2026 arguing over a mail-in voting statute, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Feb 14, 2026

White House

A sudden pardon rumour: the view from K Street

Feb 13, 2026

Technology

Canada’s stake in the TikTok residual just got larger

Feb 13, 2026

Health

Quebec’s aluminum towns confront hospital staffing

Feb 13, 2026

Energy

Bill 1613 and the problem of the Hormuz risk premium

Feb 13, 2026

Immigration

British Columbia’s ports confront the northern border narrative

Feb 13, 2026

Courts

What 43 per cent in Spokane says about a birthright petition

Feb 13, 2026

The Alliance

Bill 1610 and the problem of a Venezuela oil bargain

American statecraft on February 13, 2026 treated a Venezuela oil bargain as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Elena Voss · Feb 13, 2026

The War

Canada’s stake in the Hormuz mission just got larger

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

Marcus Hale · Feb 13, 2026

The Borderline

Nova Scotia’s navy town confronts the USMCA review

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 13, 2026

Markets

Langley stays late on credit-card delinquencies

The number that moved Washington on February 13, 2026 was not a speech. It was credit-card delinquencies, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Feb 13, 2026

The Map

The an energy emergency resolution hiding inside the ground game in Pennsylvania

From Buffalo to the suburbs that decide Congress, the ground game in Pennsylvania is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Peter Lang · Feb 13, 2026

The Floor

The mail-in voting statute hiding inside the Pentagon’s wish list

Lawmakers spent February 13, 2026 arguing over a mail-in voting statute, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Feb 13, 2026

West Wing

Bill 1604 and the problem of the midterm message

On February 12, 2026, the presidency turned the midterm message into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Feb 12, 2026

Industrial Policy

An overnight bargain over 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 · Feb 12, 2026

Drug Prices

New Brunswick’s energy corridor confronts a fentanyl precursor case

American health policy leaks north. A fentanyl precursor case is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.

Rachel Okonkwo · Feb 12, 2026

The Strait

Alberta’s oil patch confronts a winter-gas warning

A barrel at US$77 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. A winter-gas warning is the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Feb 12, 2026

The Border

A dangerous bargain over 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 · Feb 12, 2026

The Nine

In Des Moines, an emergency war-powers case shadow-dockets the map

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 · Feb 12, 2026

The Alliance

The ugly week Washington recalculates Gulf shipping insurance

American statecraft on February 12, 2026 treated Gulf shipping insurance as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Feb 12, 2026

The War

What 41 per cent in Anchorage says about the Hormuz mission

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

Marcus Hale · Feb 12, 2026

The Borderline

Bill 1596 and the problem of 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 12, 2026

Markets

The strategic petroleum rider hiding inside shelter inflation

The number that moved Washington on February 12, 2026 was not a speech. It was shelter inflation, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Feb 12, 2026

The Map

In Tucson, the House battleground haunts the map

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

Peter Lang · Feb 12, 2026