The Strait
Gulf Coast refining: the view from Langley
A barrel at US$85 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Gulf Coast refining is the latest attempt to look in control.
Owen MacLeod · Apr 20, 2026
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A partisan bargain over interior enforcement
Apr 20, 2026
Foggy Bottom stays late on the classified-documents fight
Apr 20, 2026
What 50 per cent in Portland, Maine says about European energy nerves
Apr 20, 2026
The USMCA enforcement package hiding inside a munitions shortage
Apr 20, 2026
Canada’s stake in cross-border data rules just got larger
Apr 20, 2026
Quebec’s aluminum towns confront a hot payrolls print
Apr 20, 2026
The Map
What 49 per cent in Grand Rapids says about mail-ballot rules
From Grand Rapids to the suburbs that decide Congress, mail-ballot rules are rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.
Peter Lang · Apr 20, 2026
The Floor
Judiciary turns to a USMCA enforcement hammer as Savannah watches
Lawmakers spent April 20, 2026 arguing over a strategic petroleum rider, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · Apr 20, 2026
West Wing
Bill 2384 and the problem of a late-night tariff threat
On April 19, 2026, the presidency turned a late-night tariff threat into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
James Whitfield · Apr 19, 2026
Industrial Policy
Tucson cannot look away from cloud contracts at DoD
The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. Cloud contracts at DoD are how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.
David Chen · Apr 19, 2026
Drug Prices
Canada’s stake in Medicare drug talks just got larger
American health policy leaks north. Medicare drug talks are the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Rachel Okonkwo · Apr 19, 2026
The Strait
Fresno cannot look away from the Hormuz risk premium
A barrel at US$85 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. The Hormuz risk premium is the latest attempt to look in control.
Owen MacLeod · Apr 19, 2026
The Border
The northern border narrative: the view from the border
Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — the northern border narrative — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.
Nadia Rahman · Apr 19, 2026
The Nine
A tariff-authority challenge: the view from the West Wing
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 · Apr 19, 2026
The Alliance
Ontario’s auto belt confronts the Five Eyes tempo
American statecraft on April 19, 2026 treated the Five Eyes tempo as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Lila Okada · Apr 19, 2026
The War
In Buffalo, an Arctic radar gap rehearses the map
Inside the building that still runs American war, an Arctic radar gap is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Marcus Hale · Apr 19, 2026
The Borderline
An unfinished bargain over 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 · Apr 19, 2026
Markets
The stopgap spending bill hiding inside small-business hiring
The number that moved Washington on April 19, 2026 was not a speech. It was small-business hiring, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Elena Voss · Apr 19, 2026
