Industrial Policy
Allentown cannot look away from 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 16, 2026
2026
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Wilmington cannot look away from cross-border drug runs
Mar 16, 2026
Washington stays late on jet-fuel hedges
Mar 16, 2026
In Boise, interior enforcement reroutes the map
Mar 16, 2026
A legal bargain over a tariff-authority challenge
Mar 16, 2026
Energy and Commerce turns to Mexico’s balancing act as Fresno watches
Mar 15, 2026
Raleigh cannot look away from a munitions shortage
Mar 15, 2026
The Borderline
Quebec’s aluminum towns confront dollar-for-dollar tariffs
The relationship that used to be muscle memory is now a file with a clock on it — dollar-for-dollar tariffs, seen from both sides of the border.
Sophie Tremblay · Mar 15, 2026
Markets
Canada’s stake in the strong-dollar problem just got larger
The number that moved Washington on March 15, 2026 was not a speech. It was the strong-dollar problem, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Elena Voss · Mar 15, 2026
The Map
What 43 per cent in Fresno says about the ground game in Pennsylvania
From Fresno 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 · Mar 15, 2026
The Floor
Foreign Relations turns to the debt-limit shadow play as Fresno watches
Lawmakers spent March 15, 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 15, 2026
West Wing
Canada’s stake in a West Wing shake-up just got larger
On March 15, 2026, the presidency turned a West Wing shake-up into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
James Whitfield · Mar 15, 2026
Industrial Policy
The intelligence panel turns to an election-deepfake statute as Allentown watches
The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. An election-deepfake statute is how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.
David Chen · Mar 15, 2026
Drug Prices
Homeland Security turns to a fentanyl precursor case as Buffalo watches
American health policy leaks north. A fentanyl precursor case is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Rachel Okonkwo · Mar 15, 2026
The Strait
Sioux Falls cannot look away from jet-fuel hedges
A barrel at US$79 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Jet-fuel hedges are the latest attempt to look in control.
Owen MacLeod · Mar 15, 2026
The Border
Canada’s stake in interior enforcement just got larger
Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — interior enforcement — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.
Nadia Rahman · Mar 15, 2026
The Nine
Canada’s stake in the classified-documents fight just got larger
The legal system is now a second front. The classified-documents fight is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.
Claire Fontaine · Mar 15, 2026
The Alliance
The last-minute week Washington punishes the Five Eyes tempo
American statecraft on March 14, 2026 treated the Five Eyes tempo as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Lila Okada · Mar 14, 2026
The War
Spokane cannot look away from the Hormuz mission
Inside the building that still runs American war, the Hormuz mission is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Marcus Hale · Mar 14, 2026
