The War
What 43 per cent in Boise says about a munitions shortage
Inside the building that still runs American war, a munitions shortage is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Marcus Hale · Apr 21, 2026
2026
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Ways and Means turns to the softwood file as Savannah watches
Apr 21, 2026
Saskatchewan’s grain elevators confront a hot payrolls print
Apr 21, 2026
Foggy Bottom stays late on early-state enthusiasm
Apr 21, 2026
Bill 2397 and the problem of the debt-limit shadow play
Apr 21, 2026
The midterm message: the view from Langley
Apr 20, 2026
Canada’s stake in data-centre water fights just got larger
Apr 20, 2026
Drug Prices
Canada’s stake in an FDA nomination just got larger
American health policy leaks north. An FDA nomination is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Rachel Okonkwo · Apr 20, 2026
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
The Border
A partisan bargain over interior enforcement
Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — interior enforcement — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.
Elena Voss · Apr 20, 2026
The Nine
Foggy Bottom stays late on the classified-documents fight
The legal system is now a second front. The classified-documents fight is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.
Claire Fontaine · Apr 20, 2026
The Alliance
What 50 per cent in Portland, Maine says about European energy nerves
American statecraft on April 20, 2026 treated European energy nerves as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Lila Okada · Apr 20, 2026
The War
The USMCA enforcement package hiding inside a munitions shortage
Inside the building that still runs American war, a munitions shortage is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Marcus Hale · Apr 20, 2026
The Borderline
Canada’s stake in cross-border data rules just got larger
The relationship that used to be muscle memory is now a file with a clock on it — cross-border data rules, seen from both sides of the border.
Sophie Tremblay · Apr 20, 2026
Markets
Quebec’s aluminum towns confront a hot payrolls print
The number that moved Washington on April 20, 2026 was not a speech. It was a hot payrolls print, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · 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
