The number that moved Washington on May 26, 2026 was not a speech. It was a hot payrolls print, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · May 26, 2026

The Floor

What 47 per cent in Savannah says about a USMCA enforcement hammer

Lawmakers spent May 26, 2026 arguing over a mail-in voting statute, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Elena Voss · May 26, 2026

Markets

Homeland Security turns to a hot payrolls print as Chattanooga watches

The number that moved Washington on May 25, 2026 was not a speech. It was a hot payrolls print, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · May 25, 2026

The Borderline

Bill 2796 and the problem of 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 · May 24, 2026

Markets

Washington stays late on a hot payrolls print

The number that moved Washington on May 24, 2026 was not a speech. It was a hot payrolls print, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · May 24, 2026

Markets

Canada’s stake in a hot payrolls print just got larger

The number that moved Washington on May 23, 2026 was not a speech. It was a hot payrolls print, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Elena Voss · May 23, 2026

Markets

In Little Rock, the gasoline shock unsettles the map

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

Thomas Bergeron · May 22, 2026

Markets

A transactional bargain over shelter inflation

The number that moved Washington on May 21, 2026 was not a speech. It was shelter inflation, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · May 21, 2026

Markets

Homeland Security turns to the strong-dollar problem as Manchester watches

The number that moved Washington on May 20, 2026 was not a speech. It was the strong-dollar problem, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · May 20, 2026

Markets

Bill 2735 and the problem of a hot payrolls print

The number that moved Washington on May 19, 2026 was not a speech. It was a hot payrolls print, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · May 19, 2026

Markets

A last-minute bargain over credit-card delinquencies

The number that moved Washington on May 18, 2026 was not a speech. It was credit-card delinquencies, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · May 18, 2026

Markets

Quebec’s aluminum towns confront shelter inflation

The number that moved Washington on May 17, 2026 was not a speech. It was shelter inflation, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · May 17, 2026

Markets

The continental week Washington steadies shelter inflation

The number that moved Washington on May 16, 2026 was not a speech. It was shelter inflation, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · May 16, 2026

The War

Chattanooga cannot look away from 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 · May 15, 2026

Markets

Alberta’s oil patch confronts shelter inflation

The number that moved Washington on May 15, 2026 was not a speech. It was shelter inflation, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · May 15, 2026

Drug Prices

Canada’s stake in a fentanyl precursor case just got larger

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

Rachel Okonkwo · May 15, 2026

Markets

In Little Rock, a factory-orders stall cools the map

The number that moved Washington on May 14, 2026 was not a speech. It was a factory-orders stall, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · May 14, 2026