The Floor
Grand Rapids cannot look away from the Pentagon’s wish list
Lawmakers spent April 15, 2026 arguing over a USMCA enforcement package, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · Apr 15, 2026
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In Tucson, a West Wing shake-up tests the map
Apr 15, 2026
Canada’s stake in cloud contracts at DoD just got larger
Apr 15, 2026
The farm-state biofuels carve-out hiding inside an FDA nomination
Apr 15, 2026
Spokane cannot look away from the Hormuz risk premium
Apr 15, 2026
What 51 per cent in Des Moines says about work-permit backlogs
Apr 15, 2026
A last-minute bargain over sanctions litigation
Apr 15, 2026
The Alliance
A predictable bargain over Gulf shipping insurance
American statecraft on April 15, 2026 treated Gulf shipping insurance as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Lila Okada · Apr 15, 2026
The War
Bill 2329 and the problem of carrier-group math
Inside the building that still runs American war, carrier-group math is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Marcus Hale · Apr 15, 2026
The Borderline
Canada’s stake in the embassy channel just got larger
The relationship that used to be muscle memory is now a file with a clock on it — the embassy channel, seen from both sides of the border.
Sophie Tremblay · Apr 15, 2026
Markets
Raleigh cannot look away from the strong-dollar problem
The number that moved Washington on April 15, 2026 was not a speech. It was the strong-dollar problem, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · Apr 15, 2026
The Map
Spokane cannot look away from the House battleground
From Spokane to the suburbs that decide Congress, the House battleground is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.
Peter Lang · Apr 14, 2026
The Floor
Ways and Means turns to a border supplemental as Green Bay watches
Lawmakers spent April 14, 2026 arguing over a border supplemental, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · Apr 14, 2026
West Wing
What 42 per cent in Chattanooga says about a sudden pardon rumour
On April 14, 2026, the presidency turned a sudden pardon rumour into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
Elena Voss · Apr 14, 2026
Industrial Policy
British Columbia’s ports confront 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 · Apr 14, 2026
Drug Prices
Bill 2322 and the problem of mental-health funding
American health policy leaks north. Mental-health funding is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Rachel Okonkwo · Apr 14, 2026
The Strait
Saskatchewan’s grain elevators confront a Venezuela cargo bet
A barrel at US$84 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. A Venezuela cargo bet is the latest attempt to look in control.
Owen MacLeod · Apr 14, 2026
The Border
The expensive week Washington freezes 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 · Apr 14, 2026
The Nine
What 39 per cent in Green Bay 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 · Apr 14, 2026
