The Borderline
Steel and aluminum duties: the view from the border
The relationship that used to be muscle memory is now a file with a clock on it — steel and aluminum duties, seen from both sides of the border.
Sophie Tremblay · Mar 8, 2026
2026
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A transactional bargain over small-business hiring
Mar 8, 2026
Bill 1882 and the problem of the generic ballot
Mar 8, 2026
Manitoba’s manufacturing shops confront an emergency war authorization
Mar 8, 2026
The an energy emergency resolution hiding inside the gasoline file
Mar 8, 2026
Canada’s compute shortage: the view from Langley
Mar 8, 2026
Canada’s stake in mental-health funding just got larger
Mar 8, 2026
The Strait
What 49 per cent in Tucson says about the Hormuz risk premium
A barrel at US$78 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. The Hormuz risk premium is the latest attempt to look in control.
Owen MacLeod · Mar 8, 2026
The Border
In Buffalo, interior enforcement miscounts the map
Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — interior enforcement — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.
Nadia Rahman · Mar 7, 2026
The Nine
In Omaha, agency-deferral leftovers fast-tracks the map
The legal system is now a second front. Agency-deferral leftovers is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.
Claire Fontaine · Mar 7, 2026
The Alliance
Washington stays late on Mexico’s balancing act
American statecraft on March 7, 2026 treated Mexico’s balancing act as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Lila Okada · Mar 7, 2026
The War
Allied basing rights: the view from the West Wing
Inside the building that still runs American war, allied basing rights is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Marcus Hale · Mar 7, 2026
The Borderline
The West Wing stays late on 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 · Mar 7, 2026
Markets
The stopgap spending bill hiding inside the strong-dollar problem
The number that moved Washington on March 7, 2026 was not a speech. It was the strong-dollar problem, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · Mar 7, 2026
The Map
In Fresno, the House battleground scrambles the map
From Fresno to the suburbs that decide Congress, the House battleground is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.
Peter Lang · Mar 7, 2026
The Floor
In Allentown, the debt-limit shadow play marks up the map
Lawmakers spent March 7, 2026 arguing over a drug-price transparency act, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · Mar 7, 2026
West Wing
In Little Rock, the mail-in ballot order walks back the map
On March 7, 2026, the presidency turned the mail-in ballot order into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
James Whitfield · Mar 7, 2026
Industrial Policy
An unfinished bargain over a chip-export tightening
The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. A chip-export tightening is how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.
David Chen · Mar 7, 2026
Drug Prices
Banking turns to a fentanyl precursor case as Raleigh watches
American health policy leaks north. A fentanyl precursor case is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Rachel Okonkwo · Mar 7, 2026
The northern border staffing measure hiding inside a Missouri map fight
Claire Fontaine · Mar 6, 2026
The northern border staffing measure hiding inside the Hormuz mission
Marcus Hale · Mar 6, 2026