Washington Bureau Chief
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.
177 stories in the Washington archive
The Borderline
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.
Elena Voss · Mar 22, 2026
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The War
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
Drug Prices
American health policy leaks north. Hospital staffing is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Elena Voss · Feb 24, 2026
The War
Inside the building that still runs American war, allied basing rights is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Elena Voss · Feb 23, 2026
West Wing
On February 22, 2026, the presidency turned the Iran endgame into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
Elena Voss · Feb 22, 2026
The Nine
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 · Feb 20, 2026
The Map
From Portland, Maine to the suburbs that decide Congress, a special-election warning is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.
Elena Voss · Feb 19, 2026
The Strait
A barrel at US$77 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Canadian heavy crude is the latest attempt to look in control.
Elena Voss · Feb 17, 2026
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