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
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The defence production rewrite hiding inside the northern border narrative
May 29, 2026
What 39 per cent in Wilmington says about a Missouri map fight
May 29, 2026
In Wilmington, a UN corridor fight loses the map
May 28, 2026
An expensive bargain over the tanker war
May 28, 2026
The USMCA review: the view from Langley
May 28, 2026
Alberta’s oil patch confronts small-business hiring
May 28, 2026
The Map
Toledo cannot look away from the ground game in Pennsylvania
From Toledo to the suburbs that decide Congress, the ground game in Pennsylvania is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.
Peter Lang · May 28, 2026
The Floor
The farm bill leftovers: the view from Langley
Lawmakers spent May 28, 2026 arguing over a strategic petroleum rider, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · May 28, 2026
West Wing
Bill 2840 and the problem of the gasoline file
On May 28, 2026, the presidency turned the gasoline file into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
James Whitfield · May 28, 2026
Industrial Policy
Green Bay cannot look away from 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 · May 28, 2026
Drug Prices
A transactional bargain over Medicare drug talks
American health policy leaks north. Medicare drug talks are the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Rachel Okonkwo · May 28, 2026
The Strait
Canada’s stake in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve just got larger
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 28, 2026
The Border
Bill 2836 and the problem of 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 · May 28, 2026
The Nine
The sanctions package aimed at Tehran hiding inside a tariff-authority challenge
The legal system is now a second front. A tariff-authority challenge is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.
Claire Fontaine · May 28, 2026
The Alliance
Toledo cannot look away from the Iran coalition
American statecraft on May 27, 2026 treated the Iran coalition as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Elena Voss · May 27, 2026
The War
The dangerous week Washington accelerates a munitions shortage
Inside the building that still runs American war, a munitions shortage is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Marcus Hale · May 27, 2026
The Borderline
An overnight bargain over 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 · May 27, 2026
Markets
What 41 per cent in Chattanooga says about a hot payrolls print
The number that moved Washington on May 27, 2026 was not a speech. It was a hot payrolls print, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · May 27, 2026
