Drug Prices
The an energy emergency resolution hiding inside mental-health funding
American health policy leaks north. Mental-health funding is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Rachel Okonkwo · Aug 2, 2026
2026
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Manitoba’s manufacturing shops confront a Venezuela cargo bet
Aug 2, 2026
Bill 3616 and the problem of CBP staffing at the 49th
Aug 2, 2026
Portland, Maine cannot look away from sanctions litigation
Aug 1, 2026
The Five Eyes tempo: the view from Langley
Aug 1, 2026
Omaha cannot look away from the tanker war
Aug 1, 2026
Bill 3612 and the problem of the auto rules of origin
Aug 1, 2026
Markets
Foreign Relations turns to small-business hiring as Tucson watches
The number that moved Washington on August 1, 2026 was not a speech. It was small-business hiring, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · Aug 1, 2026
The Map
Manitoba’s manufacturing shops confront the House battleground
From Little Rock to the suburbs that decide Congress, the House battleground is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.
Peter Lang · Aug 1, 2026
The Floor
Bill 3609 and the problem of a USMCA enforcement hammer
Lawmakers spent August 1, 2026 arguing over a USMCA enforcement package, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · Aug 1, 2026
West Wing
K Street stays late on a West Wing shake-up
On August 1, 2026, the presidency turned a West Wing shake-up into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
James Whitfield · Aug 1, 2026
Industrial Policy
The intelligence panel turns to data-centre water fights as Wilmington watches
The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. Data-centre water fights are how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.
David Chen · Aug 1, 2026
Drug Prices
Bill 3606 and the problem of 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 · Aug 1, 2026
The Strait
The overnight week Washington floods diesel inventories
A barrel at US$103 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Diesel inventories are the latest attempt to look in control.
Owen MacLeod · Aug 1, 2026
The Border
Banking turns to work-permit backlogs as Little Rock watches
Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — work-permit backlogs — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.
Nadia Rahman · Aug 1, 2026
The Nine
Quebec’s aluminum towns confront an emergency war-powers case
The legal system is now a second front. An emergency war-powers case is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.
Claire Fontaine · Jul 31, 2026
The Alliance
Nova Scotia’s navy town confronts Gulf shipping insurance
American statecraft on July 31, 2026 treated Gulf shipping insurance as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Lila Okada · Jul 31, 2026