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.

Claire Fontaine · Aug 21, 2026

The Alliance

Spokane cannot look away from Mexico’s balancing act

American statecraft on August 21, 2026 treated Mexico’s balancing act as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Aug 21, 2026

The Borderline

K Street stays late on the auto rules of origin

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

Sophie Tremblay · Aug 20, 2026

The Map

A quiet bargain over 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 · Aug 20, 2026

The Borderline

Langley stays late on the softwood file

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

Sophie Tremblay · Aug 19, 2026

The Borderline

The quiet week Washington frays 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 · Aug 18, 2026

Industrial Policy

In Little Rock, Canada’s compute shortage weaponizes the map

The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. Canada’s compute shortage is how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.

David Chen · Aug 18, 2026

The Alliance

Saskatchewan’s grain elevators confront Mexico’s balancing act

American statecraft on August 18, 2026 treated Mexico’s balancing act as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Aug 18, 2026

The Borderline

A continental bargain over the softwood file

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

Sophie Tremblay · Aug 17, 2026

The Floor

Bill 3801 and the problem of a USMCA enforcement hammer

Lawmakers spent August 17, 2026 arguing over a farm-state biofuels carve-out, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Aug 17, 2026

Industrial Policy

Data-centre water fights: the view from Capitol Hill

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 · Aug 17, 2026

The Borderline

The expensive week Washington tests 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 · Aug 16, 2026

The Borderline

Bill 3780 and the problem of 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 · Aug 15, 2026

The Borderline

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

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

Sophie Tremblay · Aug 14, 2026

Industrial Policy

The last-minute week Washington weaponizes platform liability

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

David Chen · Aug 14, 2026

The Nine

What 42 per cent in Fresno says about the mail-in voting order

The legal system is now a second front. The mail-in voting order is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.

Claire Fontaine · Aug 14, 2026