West Wing
The expensive week Washington tests a photo-op with refiners
On March 30, 2026, the presidency turned a photo-op with refiners into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
James Whitfield · Mar 30, 2026
2026
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In Grand Rapids, work-permit backlogs tightens the map
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The expensive week Washington blocks a tariff-authority challenge
Mar 30, 2026
Langley stays late on the China secondary-sanctions threat
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The War
Nova Scotia’s navy town confronts an Arctic radar gap
Inside the building that still runs American war, an Arctic radar gap is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Elena Voss · Mar 30, 2026
The Borderline
Canada’s stake in cross-border data rules just got larger
The relationship that used to be muscle memory is now a file with a clock on it — cross-border data rules, seen from both sides of the border.
Sophie Tremblay · Mar 30, 2026
Markets
The gasoline shock: the view from the West Wing
The number that moved Washington on March 29, 2026 was not a speech. It was the gasoline shock, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · Mar 29, 2026
The Map
In Buffalo, mail-ballot rules haunt the map
From Buffalo to the suburbs that decide Congress, mail-ballot rules are rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.
Peter Lang · Mar 29, 2026
The Floor
Manitoba’s manufacturing shops confront the farm bill leftovers
Lawmakers spent March 29, 2026 arguing over a stopgap spending bill, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · Mar 29, 2026
West Wing
Canada’s stake in a Cabinet loyalty test just got larger
On March 29, 2026, the presidency turned a Cabinet loyalty test into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
James Whitfield · Mar 29, 2026
Industrial Policy
What 47 per cent in Anchorage says about 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 · Mar 29, 2026
Drug Prices
What 44 per cent in Portland, Maine says about GLP-1 coverage fights
American health policy leaks north. GLP-1 coverage fights are the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Rachel Okonkwo · Mar 29, 2026
The Strait
Homeland Security turns to a Venezuela cargo bet as Fresno watches
A barrel at US$81 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. A Venezuela cargo bet is the latest attempt to look in control.
Owen MacLeod · Mar 29, 2026
The Border
British Columbia’s ports confront 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 · Mar 29, 2026
The Nine
Bill 2127 and the problem of sanctions litigation
The legal system is now a second front. Sanctions litigation is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.
Claire Fontaine · Mar 29, 2026
The Alliance
The legal week Washington punishes Gulf shipping insurance
American statecraft on March 29, 2026 treated Gulf shipping insurance as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Lila Okada · Mar 29, 2026
What 46 per cent in Portland, Maine says about dollar-for-dollar tariffs
Sophie Tremblay · Mar 28, 2026
