Lawmakers spent March 30, 2026 arguing over a northern border staffing measure, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Mar 30, 2026

West Wing

The expensive week Washington tests a photo-op with refiners

On March 30, 2026, the presidency turned a photo-op with refiners into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Mar 30, 2026

Industrial Policy

A legal bargain over 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 · Mar 30, 2026

Drug Prices

Des Moines cannot look away from 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 30, 2026

The Strait

Quebec’s aluminum towns confront a winter-gas warning

A barrel at US$82 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. A winter-gas warning is the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Mar 30, 2026

The Border

In Grand Rapids, work-permit backlogs tightens the map

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

Nadia Rahman · Mar 30, 2026

The Nine

The expensive week Washington blocks 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 · Mar 30, 2026

The Alliance

Langley stays late on the China secondary-sanctions threat

American statecraft on March 30, 2026 treated the China secondary-sanctions threat as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Mar 30, 2026

The War

Nova Scotia’s navy town confronts an Arctic radar gap

Inside the building that still runs American war, an Arctic radar gap is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.

Elena Voss · Mar 30, 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 · Mar 30, 2026

Markets

The gasoline shock: the view from the West Wing

The number that moved Washington on March 29, 2026 was not a speech. It was the gasoline shock, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Mar 29, 2026

The Map

In Buffalo, mail-ballot rules haunt the map

From Buffalo to the suburbs that decide Congress, mail-ballot rules are rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Peter Lang · Mar 29, 2026

The Floor

Manitoba’s manufacturing shops confront the farm bill leftovers

Lawmakers spent March 29, 2026 arguing over a stopgap spending bill, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Mar 29, 2026

West Wing

Canada’s stake in a Cabinet loyalty test just got larger

On March 29, 2026, the presidency turned a Cabinet loyalty test into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Mar 29, 2026

Industrial Policy

What 47 per cent in Anchorage says about the AI safety rulebook

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

David Chen · Mar 29, 2026

Drug Prices

What 44 per cent in Portland, Maine says about GLP-1 coverage fights

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

Rachel Okonkwo · Mar 29, 2026

The Strait

Homeland Security turns to a Venezuela cargo bet as Fresno watches

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 29, 2026