Industrial Policy
Washington stays late on 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.
David Chen · Mar 22, 2026
2026
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Bill 2046 and the problem of a fentanyl precursor case
Mar 22, 2026
A transactional bargain over Canadian heavy crude
Mar 22, 2026
Bill 2044 and the problem of asylum clock rules
Mar 22, 2026
Bill 2043 and the problem of the mail-in voting order
Mar 22, 2026
The ugly week Washington courts the China secondary-sanctions threat
Mar 22, 2026
Bill 2041 and the problem of allied basing rights
Mar 21, 2026
The Borderline
The softwood file: the view from Foggy Bottom
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 · Mar 21, 2026
Markets
Canada’s stake in shelter inflation just got larger
The number that moved Washington on March 21, 2026 was not a speech. It was shelter inflation, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · Mar 21, 2026
The Map
An ugly bargain over the House battleground
From Portland, Maine to the suburbs that decide Congress, the House battleground is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.
Peter Lang · Mar 21, 2026
The Floor
Manitoba’s manufacturing shops confront a border supplemental
Lawmakers spent March 21, 2026 arguing over a farm-state biofuels carve-out, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · Mar 21, 2026
West Wing
In Savannah, the mail-in ballot order presses the map
On March 21, 2026, the presidency turned the mail-in ballot order into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
James Whitfield · Mar 21, 2026
Industrial Policy
A chip-export tightening: the view from Capitol Hill
The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. A chip-export tightening is how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.
Elena Voss · Mar 21, 2026
Drug Prices
What 46 per cent in Chattanooga says about a vaccine-schedule fight
American health policy leaks north. A vaccine-schedule fight is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Rachel Okonkwo · Mar 21, 2026
The Strait
What 42 per cent in Toledo says about jet-fuel hedges
A barrel at US$80 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Jet-fuel hedges are the latest attempt to look in control.
Owen MacLeod · Mar 21, 2026
The Border
Bill 2032 and the problem of a humanitarian parole fight
Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — a humanitarian parole fight — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.
Nadia Rahman · Mar 21, 2026
The Nine
The partisan week Washington upholds the mail-in voting order
The legal system is now a second front. The mail-in voting order is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.
Claire Fontaine · Mar 21, 2026
The Alliance
Gulf shipping insurance: the view from Foggy Bottom
American statecraft on March 21, 2026 treated Gulf shipping insurance as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Lila Okada · Mar 21, 2026
The War
Judiciary turns to the tanker war as Raleigh watches
Inside the building that still runs American war, the tanker war is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Marcus Hale · Mar 20, 2026
The intelligence panel turns to the suburban-women vote as Boise watches
Peter Lang · Mar 20, 2026
The farm-state biofuels carve-out hiding inside a Canada-sensitive auto rider
Amrita Shah · Mar 20, 2026
The dangerous week Washington signals a late-night tariff threat
James Whitfield · Mar 20, 2026