The Floor
Alberta’s oil patch confronts a USMCA enforcement hammer
Lawmakers spent May 30, 2026 arguing over a mail-in voting statute, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · May 30, 2026
2026
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Bill 2864 and the problem of a sudden pardon rumour
May 30, 2026
Canada’s stake in an election-deepfake statute just got larger
May 30, 2026
In Buffalo, an FDA nomination politicizes the map
May 30, 2026
Capitol Hill stays late on the Strategic Petroleum Reserve
May 30, 2026
In Green Bay, work-permit backlogs overloads the map
May 30, 2026
Canada’s stake in a tariff-authority challenge just got larger
May 30, 2026
The Alliance
Canada’s stake in a Venezuela oil bargain just got larger
American statecraft on May 29, 2026 treated a Venezuela oil bargain as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Lila Okada · May 29, 2026
The War
In Spokane, the tanker war widens the map
Inside the building that still runs American war, the tanker war is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Marcus Hale · May 29, 2026
The Borderline
Canada’s stake in a dairy flare-up just got larger
The relationship that used to be muscle memory is now a file with a clock on it — a dairy flare-up, seen from both sides of the border.
Sophie Tremblay · May 29, 2026
Markets
Nova Scotia’s navy town confronts the gasoline shock
The number that moved Washington on May 29, 2026 was not a speech. It was the gasoline shock, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · May 29, 2026
The Map
Homeland Security turns to the suburban-women vote as Manchester watches
From Manchester to the suburbs that decide Congress, the suburban-women vote is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.
Peter Lang · May 29, 2026
The Floor
Langley stays late on an emergency war authorization
Lawmakers spent May 29, 2026 arguing over an AI liability bill, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · May 29, 2026
West Wing
Manchester cannot look away from the midterm message
On May 29, 2026, the presidency turned the midterm message into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
James Whitfield · May 29, 2026
Industrial Policy
Bill 2851 and the problem of 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.
Elena Voss · May 29, 2026
Drug Prices
K Street stays late on hospital staffing
American health policy leaks north. Hospital staffing is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Rachel Okonkwo · May 29, 2026
The Strait
Bill 2849 and the problem of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve
A barrel at US$92 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. The Strategic Petroleum Reserve is the latest attempt to look in control.
Owen MacLeod · May 29, 2026
The Border
The defence production rewrite hiding inside the northern border narrative
Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — the northern border narrative — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.
Nadia Rahman · May 29, 2026
The Nine
What 39 per cent in Wilmington says about a Missouri map fight
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 · May 29, 2026
