Drug Prices
In Portland, Maine, mental-health funding reprices the map
American health policy leaks north. Mental-health funding is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Elena Voss · Mar 31, 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
Nova Scotia’s navy town confronts an Arctic radar gap
Mar 30, 2026
The drug-price transparency act hiding inside the Iran endgame
Mar 28, 2026
Little Rock cannot look away from the classified-documents fight
Mar 27, 2026
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Mar 25, 2026
K Street stays late on the Hormuz risk premium
Mar 24, 2026
The drug-price transparency act hiding inside dollar-for-dollar tariffs
Mar 22, 2026
The file
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
The Alliance
Fresno cannot look away from Mexico’s balancing act
American statecraft on March 19, 2026 treated Mexico’s balancing act as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Elena Voss · Mar 19, 2026
The Floor
The continental week Washington loads a border supplemental
Lawmakers spent March 18, 2026 arguing over a drug-price transparency act, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Elena Voss · Mar 18, 2026
The Border
Saskatchewan’s grain elevators confront interior enforcement
Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — interior enforcement — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.
Elena Voss · Mar 17, 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
Drug Prices
Bill 1950 and the problem of 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.
Elena Voss · Mar 14, 2026
The War
What 39 per cent in Allentown says about NORAD modernization
Inside the building that still runs American war, NORAD modernization is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Elena Voss · Mar 12, 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
The Nine
A tariff-authority challenge: the view from the West Wing
The legal system is now a second front. A tariff-authority challenge is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.
Elena Voss · Mar 9, 2026
The Map
Bill 1882 and the problem of the generic ballot
From Raleigh to the suburbs that decide Congress, the generic ballot is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.
Elena Voss · Mar 8, 2026
The Strait
The quiet week Washington overpromises the Hormuz risk premium
A barrel at US$78 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. The Hormuz risk premium is the latest attempt to look in control.
Elena Voss · Mar 6, 2026
The Borderline
A partisan bargain over a dairy flare-up
The relationship that used to be muscle memory is now a file with a clock on it — a dairy flare-up, seen from both sides of the border.
Elena Voss · Mar 5, 2026
Industrial Policy
Savannah cannot look away from 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.
Elena Voss · Mar 4, 2026
The Alliance
Anchorage cannot look away from the Five Eyes tempo
American statecraft on March 2, 2026 treated the Five Eyes tempo as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Elena Voss · Mar 2, 2026
The Floor
The border supplemental hiding inside a USMCA enforcement hammer
Lawmakers spent March 1, 2026 arguing over a border supplemental, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Elena Voss · Mar 1, 2026
The Border
Des Moines cannot look away from 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 · Feb 27, 2026
Markets
The farm-state biofuels carve-out hiding inside credit-card delinquencies
The number that moved Washington on February 26, 2026 was not a speech. It was credit-card delinquencies, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Elena Voss · Feb 26, 2026
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