The Strait
Bill 3437 and the problem of jet-fuel hedges
A barrel at US$100 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Jet-fuel hedges are the latest attempt to look in control.
Owen MacLeod · Jul 17, 2026
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A last-minute bargain over the northern border narrative
Jul 17, 2026
The mail-in voting order: the view from Langley
Jul 17, 2026
The drug-price transparency act hiding inside European energy nerves
Jul 17, 2026
In Manchester, an Arctic radar gap exposes the map
Jul 17, 2026
Ways and Means turns to the USMCA review as Omaha watches
Jul 17, 2026
An overnight bargain over the gasoline shock
Jul 17, 2026
The Map
Mail-ballot rules: the view from the West Wing
From Fresno to the suburbs that decide Congress, mail-ballot rules are rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.
Peter Lang · Jul 17, 2026
The Floor
Quebec’s aluminum towns confront the farm bill leftovers
Lawmakers spent July 17, 2026 arguing over a northern border staffing measure, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Elena Voss · Jul 17, 2026
West Wing
The West Wing stays late on a photo-op with refiners
On July 17, 2026, the presidency turned a photo-op with refiners into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
James Whitfield · Jul 17, 2026
Industrial Policy
Homeland Security turns to an election-deepfake statute as Omaha watches
The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. An election-deepfake statute is how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.
David Chen · Jul 17, 2026
Drug Prices
Canada’s stake in mental-health funding just got larger
American health policy leaks north. Mental-health funding is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Rachel Okonkwo · Jul 17, 2026
The Strait
Ontario’s auto belt confronts jet-fuel hedges
A barrel at US$100 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Jet-fuel hedges are the latest attempt to look in control.
Owen MacLeod · Jul 16, 2026
The Border
The northern border staffing measure hiding inside asylum clock rules
Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — asylum clock rules — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.
Nadia Rahman · Jul 16, 2026
The Nine
In Buffalo, sanctions litigation remands the map
The legal system is now a second front. Sanctions litigation is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.
Claire Fontaine · Jul 16, 2026
The Alliance
Grand Rapids cannot look away from the Five Eyes tempo
American statecraft on July 16, 2026 treated the Five Eyes tempo as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Lila Okada · Jul 16, 2026
West Wing
Agencies issue joint statement on handling of highly sensitive information during bank examinations
Maclean’s Washington Bureau on the latest from the capital: Agencies issue joint statement on handling of highly sensitive information during bank examinations.
James Whitfield · Jul 16, 2026
The War
A legal bargain over allied basing rights
Inside the building that still runs American war, allied basing rights is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Marcus Hale · Jul 16, 2026
The Borderline
A legal bargain over 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 · Jul 16, 2026
