The Border
British Columbia’s ports confront 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 · Mar 29, 2026
2026
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Bill 2127 and the problem of sanctions litigation
Mar 29, 2026
The legal week Washington punishes Gulf shipping insurance
Mar 29, 2026
A munitions shortage: the view from Langley
Mar 29, 2026
What 46 per cent in Portland, Maine says about dollar-for-dollar tariffs
Mar 28, 2026
Canada’s stake in credit-card delinquencies just got larger
Mar 28, 2026
The unfinished week Washington narrows mail-ballot rules
Mar 28, 2026
The Floor
A dangerous bargain over the December funding patch
Lawmakers spent March 28, 2026 arguing over a sanctions package aimed at Tehran, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · Mar 28, 2026
West Wing
The drug-price transparency act hiding inside the Iran endgame
On March 28, 2026, the presidency turned the Iran endgame into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
Elena Voss · Mar 28, 2026
Industrial Policy
A last-minute bargain over data-centre water fights
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 · Mar 28, 2026
Drug Prices
In Raleigh, Medicare drug talks delays the map
American health policy leaks north. Medicare drug talks are the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Rachel Okonkwo · Mar 28, 2026
The Strait
What 45 per cent in Wilmington says about a winter-gas warning
A barrel at US$81 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. A winter-gas warning is the latest attempt to look in control.
Owen MacLeod · Mar 28, 2026
The Border
In Sioux Falls, work-permit backlogs redefines the map
Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — work-permit backlogs — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.
Nadia Rahman · Mar 28, 2026
The Nine
Canada’s stake in a Missouri map fight just got larger
The legal system is now a second front. A Missouri map fight is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.
Claire Fontaine · Mar 28, 2026
The Alliance
Canada’s stake in European energy nerves just got larger
American statecraft on March 28, 2026 treated European energy nerves as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Lila Okada · Mar 28, 2026
The War
Alberta’s oil patch confronts the Canada spending file
Inside the building that still runs American war, the Canada spending file is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Marcus Hale · Mar 28, 2026
The Borderline
The northern border stays late on cross-border data rules
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 · Mar 27, 2026
Markets
A transactional bargain over shelter inflation
The number that moved Washington on March 27, 2026 was not a speech. It was shelter inflation, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · Mar 27, 2026
The Map
Manitoba’s manufacturing shops confront the House battleground
From Buffalo to the suburbs that decide Congress, the House battleground is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.
Peter Lang · Mar 27, 2026
What 49 per cent in Portland, Maine says about Canada’s compute shortage
David Chen · Mar 27, 2026
What 52 per cent in Wilmington says about a Venezuela cargo bet
Owen MacLeod · Mar 27, 2026