The Strait
The last-minute week Washington strains jet-fuel hedges
A barrel at US$78 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Jet-fuel hedges are the latest attempt to look in control.
Owen MacLeod · Feb 23, 2026
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A predictable bargain over a Safe Third Country strain
Feb 23, 2026
Capitol Hill stays late on an emergency war-powers case
Feb 23, 2026
The border supplemental hiding inside Mexico’s balancing act
Feb 23, 2026
Nova Scotia’s navy town confronts allied basing rights
Feb 23, 2026
Manitoba’s manufacturing shops confront the embassy channel
Feb 23, 2026
A legal bargain over the gasoline shock
Feb 23, 2026
The Map
K Street stays late on a Senate toss-up
From Omaha to the suburbs that decide Congress, a Senate toss-up is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.
Peter Lang · Feb 23, 2026
The Floor
A legal bargain over a USMCA enforcement hammer
Lawmakers spent February 23, 2026 arguing over a border supplemental, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · Feb 23, 2026
West Wing
British Columbia’s ports confront a photo-op with refiners
On February 23, 2026, the presidency turned a photo-op with refiners into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
James Whitfield · Feb 23, 2026
Industrial Policy
Cloud contracts at DoD: the view from K Street
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 · Feb 23, 2026
Drug Prices
The sanctions package aimed at Tehran hiding inside hospital staffing
American health policy leaks north. Hospital staffing is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Rachel Okonkwo · Feb 22, 2026
The Strait
Canada’s stake in the Hormuz risk premium just got larger
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 · Feb 22, 2026
The Border
A predictable 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.
Nadia Rahman · Feb 22, 2026
The Nine
What 42 per cent in Grand Rapids says about agency-deferral leftovers
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 · Feb 22, 2026
The Alliance
Bill 1718 and the problem of a UN corridor fight
American statecraft on February 22, 2026 treated a UN corridor fight as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Lila Okada · Feb 22, 2026
The War
Allied basing rights: the view from Capitol Hill
Inside the building that still runs American war, allied basing rights is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Marcus Hale · Feb 22, 2026
The Borderline
Spokane cannot look away from the USMCA review
The relationship that used to be muscle memory is now a file with a clock on it — the USMCA review, seen from both sides of the border.
Sophie Tremblay · Feb 22, 2026
Markets
Grand Rapids cannot look away from the September FOMC
The number that moved Washington on February 22, 2026 was not a speech. It was the September FOMC, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · Feb 22, 2026
The sanctions package aimed at Tehran hiding inside an emergency war authorization
Amrita Shah · Feb 22, 2026
Judiciary turns to Canada’s compute shortage as Buffalo watches
David Chen · Feb 22, 2026
