Drug Prices
Grand Rapids cannot look away from Medicare drug talks
American health policy leaks north. Medicare drug talks are the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Elena Voss · Jun 8, 2026
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Elena Voss
Elena Voss runs the Maclean’s Washington Bureau. She previously covered Parliament Hill and the U.S. State Department, and writes on the alliance, the presidency and the Canadian interest in American power.
183 stories in the Washington archive
Recent work
Alberta’s oil patch confronts NORAD modernization
Jun 6, 2026
The overnight week Washington signals a West Wing shake-up
Jun 5, 2026
Washington stays late on the mail-in voting order
Jun 4, 2026
An unfinished bargain over the suburban-women vote
Jun 2, 2026
Alberta’s oil patch confronts the Hormuz risk premium
Jun 1, 2026
The an AI liability bill hiding inside steel and aluminum duties
May 30, 2026
The file
Industrial Policy
Bill 2851 and the problem of 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.
Elena Voss · May 29, 2026
The Alliance
Toledo cannot look away from the Iran coalition
American statecraft on May 27, 2026 treated the Iran coalition as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Elena Voss · May 27, 2026
The Floor
What 47 per cent in Savannah says about a USMCA enforcement hammer
Lawmakers spent May 26, 2026 arguing over a mail-in voting statute, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Elena Voss · May 26, 2026
The Border
Bill 2800 and the problem of 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.
Elena Voss · May 25, 2026
Markets
Canada’s stake in a hot payrolls print just got larger
The number that moved Washington on May 23, 2026 was not a speech. It was a hot payrolls print, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Elena Voss · May 23, 2026
Drug Prices
An unfinished bargain over a fentanyl precursor case
American health policy leaks north. A fentanyl precursor case is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Elena Voss · May 22, 2026
The War
The mail-in voting statute hiding inside 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 · May 20, 2026
West Wing
The dangerous week Washington sidelines a Cabinet loyalty test
On May 19, 2026, the presidency turned a Cabinet loyalty test into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
Elena Voss · May 19, 2026
The Nine
Judiciary turns to agency-deferral leftovers as Little Rock watches
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.
Elena Voss · May 17, 2026
The Map
The continental week Washington narrows mail-ballot rules
From Green Bay to the suburbs that decide Congress, mail-ballot rules are rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.
Elena Voss · May 16, 2026
The Strait
Foggy Bottom stays late on a Venezuela cargo bet
A barrel at US$89 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. A Venezuela cargo bet is the latest attempt to look in control.
Elena Voss · May 14, 2026
The Borderline
K Street stays late on steel and aluminum duties
The relationship that used to be muscle memory is now a file with a clock on it — steel and aluminum duties, seen from both sides of the border.
Elena Voss · May 13, 2026
Industrial Policy
Ways and Means turns to Canada’s compute shortage as Portland, Maine watches
The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. Canada’s compute shortage is how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.
Elena Voss · May 12, 2026
The Alliance
A last-minute bargain over Mexico’s balancing act
American statecraft on May 10, 2026 treated Mexico’s balancing act as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Elena Voss · May 10, 2026
The Floor
Alberta’s oil patch confronts the December funding patch
Lawmakers spent May 9, 2026 arguing over an AI liability bill, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Elena Voss · May 9, 2026
The Border
Ontario’s auto belt confronts student-visa friction
Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — student-visa friction — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.
Elena Voss · May 7, 2026
Markets
A factory-orders stall: the view from Langley
The number that moved Washington on May 6, 2026 was not a speech. It was a factory-orders stall, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Elena Voss · May 6, 2026
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