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The Strait

Canada’s stake in the Hormuz risk premium just got larger

A barrel at US$87 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. The Hormuz risk premium is the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · May 3, 2026

Immigration

Bill 2548 and the problem of student-visa friction

May 3, 2026

Courts

What 41 per cent in Chattanooga says about a birthright petition

May 3, 2026

World

European energy nerves: the view from Foggy Bottom

May 3, 2026

Defense

What 42 per cent in Raleigh says about the Canada spending file

May 3, 2026

Canada–U.S.

The partisan week Washington rewrites the USMCA review

May 3, 2026

Economy

Ways and Means turns to credit-card delinquencies as Savannah watches

May 3, 2026

The Map

A continental bargain over the suburban-women vote

From Chattanooga to the suburbs that decide Congress, the suburban-women vote is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Peter Lang · May 3, 2026

The Floor

What 41 per cent in Wilmington says about an emergency war authorization

Lawmakers spent May 3, 2026 arguing over a farm-state biofuels carve-out, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · May 3, 2026

West Wing

The West Wing stays late on a West Wing shake-up

On May 3, 2026, the presidency turned a West Wing shake-up into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · May 3, 2026

Industrial Policy

In Spokane, platform liability splits the map

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

David Chen · May 3, 2026

Drug Prices

Saskatchewan’s grain elevators confront 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 · May 2, 2026

The Strait

Bill 2537 and the problem of Gulf Coast refining

A barrel at US$87 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Gulf Coast refining is the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · May 2, 2026

The Border

K Street stays late on work-permit backlogs

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

Nadia Rahman · May 2, 2026

The Nine

The sanctions package aimed at Tehran hiding inside an emergency war-powers case

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 · May 2, 2026

The Alliance

Canada’s stake in the Five Eyes tempo just got larger

American statecraft on May 2, 2026 treated the Five Eyes tempo as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · May 2, 2026

The War

The West Wing stays late on a munitions shortage

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

Marcus Hale · May 2, 2026

The Borderline

Banking turns to dollar-for-dollar tariffs as Little Rock watches

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 · May 2, 2026

Markets

What 44 per cent in Manchester says about a factory-orders stall

The number that moved Washington on May 2, 2026 was not a speech. It was a factory-orders stall, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · May 2, 2026

The Map

Bill 2530 and the problem of the ground game in Pennsylvania

From Anchorage 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 · May 2, 2026

The Floor

Langley stays late on an emergency war authorization

Lawmakers spent May 2, 2026 arguing over a mail-in voting statute, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · May 2, 2026

West Wing

The USMCA enforcement package hiding inside a late-night tariff threat

On May 2, 2026, the presidency turned a late-night tariff threat into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

Elena Voss · May 2, 2026

Industrial Policy

In Savannah, a chip-export tightening onshores the map

The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. A chip-export tightening is how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.

David Chen · May 2, 2026

Drug Prices

Canada’s stake in GLP-1 coverage fights just got larger

American health policy leaks north. GLP-1 coverage fights are the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.

Rachel Okonkwo · May 1, 2026