Industrial Policy
Canada’s stake in an election-deepfake statute just got larger
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 12, 2026
2026
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What 49 per cent in Manchester says about GLP-1 coverage fights
Mar 12, 2026
Raleigh cannot look away from the Hormuz risk premium
Mar 12, 2026
Homeland Security turns to the northern border narrative as Portland, Maine watches
Mar 12, 2026
Washington stays late on the classified-documents fight
Mar 11, 2026
An overnight bargain over a UN corridor fight
Mar 11, 2026
Canada’s stake in an Arctic radar gap just got larger
Mar 11, 2026
The Borderline
Wilmington cannot look away from the USMCA review
The relationship that used to be muscle memory is now a file with a clock on it — the USMCA review, seen from both sides of the border.
Sophie Tremblay · Mar 11, 2026
Markets
The mail-in voting statute hiding inside small-business hiring
The number that moved Washington on March 11, 2026 was not a speech. It was small-business hiring, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · Mar 11, 2026
The Map
The overnight week Washington explodes the ground game in Pennsylvania
From Savannah 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 11, 2026
The Floor
Bill 1917 and the problem of the debt-limit shadow play
Lawmakers spent March 11, 2026 arguing over a strategic petroleum rider, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · Mar 11, 2026
West Wing
Canada’s stake in a West Wing shake-up just got larger
On March 11, 2026, the presidency turned a West Wing shake-up into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
Elena Voss · Mar 11, 2026
Industrial Policy
Des Moines 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 11, 2026
Drug Prices
Cross-border drug runs: the view from the West Wing
American health policy leaks north. Cross-border drug runs is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Rachel Okonkwo · Mar 11, 2026
The Strait
In Green Bay, Gulf Coast refining overpromises the map
A barrel at US$78 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Gulf Coast refining is the latest attempt to look in control.
Owen MacLeod · Mar 11, 2026
The Border
Saskatchewan’s grain elevators confront work-permit backlogs
Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — work-permit backlogs — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.
Nadia Rahman · Mar 11, 2026
The Nine
Canada’s stake in a Missouri map fight just got larger
The legal system is now a second front. A Missouri map fight is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.
Claire Fontaine · Mar 10, 2026
The Alliance
The an energy emergency resolution hiding inside a Venezuela oil bargain
American statecraft on March 10, 2026 treated a Venezuela oil bargain as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Lila Okada · Mar 10, 2026
The War
Bill 1909 and the problem of allied basing rights
Inside the building that still runs American war, allied basing rights is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Marcus Hale · Mar 10, 2026
Armed Services turns to dollar-for-dollar tariffs as Chattanooga watches
Sophie Tremblay · Mar 10, 2026
What 47 per cent in Savannah says about the debt-limit shadow play
Amrita Shah · Mar 10, 2026
What 45 per cent in Anchorage says about a late-night tariff threat
James Whitfield · Mar 10, 2026