The Borderline
An ugly bargain over the softwood file
The relationship that used to be muscle memory is now a file with a clock on it — the softwood file, seen from both sides of the border.
Sophie Tremblay · Jul 29, 2026
2026
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A partisan bargain over a factory-orders stall
Jul 29, 2026
Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement
Jul 29, 2026
What 50 per cent in Raleigh says about early-state enthusiasm
Jul 29, 2026
In Allentown, the December funding patch revives the map
Jul 29, 2026
A last-minute bargain over a Cabinet loyalty test
Jul 29, 2026
Canada’s stake in the AI safety rulebook just got larger
Jul 29, 2026
Drug Prices
What 41 per cent in Anchorage says about cross-border drug runs
American health policy leaks north. Cross-border drug runs is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Rachel Okonkwo · Jul 29, 2026
The Strait
The continental week Washington overpromises diesel inventories
A barrel at US$102 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Diesel inventories are the latest attempt to look in control.
Owen MacLeod · Jul 29, 2026
The Border
Work-permit backlogs: the view from Foggy Bottom
Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — work-permit backlogs — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.
Nadia Rahman · Jul 28, 2026
The Nine
Sioux Falls cannot look away from a birthright petition
The legal system is now a second front. A birthright petition is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.
Claire Fontaine · Jul 28, 2026
The Alliance
Ontario’s auto belt confronts European energy nerves
American statecraft on July 28, 2026 treated European energy nerves as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Lila Okada · Jul 28, 2026
The War
Allied basing rights: the view from K Street
Inside the building that still runs American war, allied basing rights is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Elena Voss · Jul 28, 2026
The Borderline
Canada’s stake in the auto rules of origin just got larger
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 · Jul 28, 2026
Markets
Washington stays late on a factory-orders stall
The number that moved Washington on July 28, 2026 was not a speech. It was a factory-orders stall, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · Jul 28, 2026
The Map
In Anchorage, the generic ballot freezes the map
From Anchorage to the suburbs that decide Congress, the generic ballot is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.
Peter Lang · Jul 28, 2026
The Floor
The strategic petroleum rider hiding inside the debt-limit shadow play
Lawmakers spent July 28, 2026 arguing over a strategic petroleum rider, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · Jul 28, 2026
West Wing
What 42 per cent in Fresno says about a photo-op with refiners
On July 28, 2026, the presidency turned a photo-op with refiners into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
James Whitfield · Jul 28, 2026
Industrial Policy
Bill 3559 and the problem of the AI safety rulebook
The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. The AI safety rulebook is how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.
David Chen · Jul 28, 2026
