West Wing
Canada’s stake in Washington’s foil just got larger
On January 3, 2026, the presidency turned Canada into a foil in a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
James Whitfield · Jan 3, 2026
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What 49 per cent in Spokane says about an election-deepfake statute
Jan 3, 2026
The overnight week Washington delays a vaccine-schedule fight
Jan 3, 2026
The predictable week Washington overpromises the Hormuz risk premium
Jan 3, 2026
The expensive week Washington reroutes work-permit backlogs
Jan 3, 2026
The transactional week Washington narrows the mail-in voting order
Jan 2, 2026
Canada’s stake in the Iran coalition just got larger
Jan 2, 2026
The War
The Canada spending file: the view from K Street
Inside the building that still runs American war, the Canada spending file is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Elena Voss · Jan 2, 2026
The Borderline
Bill 1116 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 · Jan 2, 2026
Markets
Canada’s stake in the strong-dollar problem just got larger
The number that moved Washington on January 2, 2026 was not a speech. It was the strong-dollar problem, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · Jan 2, 2026
The Map
What 39 per cent in Wilmington says about the suburban-women vote
From Wilmington to the suburbs that decide Congress, the suburban-women vote is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.
Peter Lang · Jan 2, 2026
The Floor
The farm-state biofuels carve-out hiding inside the debt-limit shadow play
Lawmakers spent January 2, 2026 arguing over a farm-state biofuels carve-out, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · Jan 2, 2026
West Wing
Canada’s stake in a Cabinet loyalty test just got larger
On January 2, 2026, the presidency turned a Cabinet loyalty test into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
James Whitfield · Jan 2, 2026
Industrial Policy
Manitoba’s manufacturing shops confront the TikTok residual
The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. The TikTok residual is how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.
David Chen · Jan 2, 2026
Drug Prices
What 42 per cent in Anchorage 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 · Jan 2, 2026
The Strait
What 43 per cent in Fresno says about jet-fuel hedges
A barrel at US$76 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Jet-fuel hedges are the latest attempt to look in control.
Owen MacLeod · Jan 2, 2026
The Border
Bill 1108 and the problem of 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 · Jan 2, 2026
The Nine
Boise cannot look away from 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 · Jan 1, 2026
The Alliance
Foreign Relations turns to the Iran coalition as Manchester watches
American statecraft on January 1, 2026 treated the Iran coalition as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Lila Okada · Jan 1, 2026
Quebec’s aluminum towns confront dollar-for-dollar tariffs
Sophie Tremblay · Jan 1, 2026
The strategic petroleum rider hiding inside the strong-dollar problem
Thomas Bergeron · Jan 1, 2026
