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The Alliance

Manitoba’s manufacturing shops confront a UN corridor fight

American statecraft on June 17, 2026 treated a UN corridor fight as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Jun 17, 2026

Defense

Canada’s stake in the Canada spending file just got larger

Jun 17, 2026

Canada–U.S.

What 42 per cent in Savannah says about cross-border data rules

Jun 17, 2026

Economy

Bill 3071 and the problem of the strong-dollar problem

Jun 17, 2026

Midterms

What 41 per cent in Green Bay says about early-state enthusiasm

Jun 16, 2026

Congress

Bill 3069 and the problem of a USMCA enforcement hammer

Jun 16, 2026

White House

Canada’s stake in the mail-in ballot order just got larger

Jun 16, 2026

Industrial Policy

In Buffalo, the TikTok residual corners the map

The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. The TikTok residual is how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.

David Chen · Jun 16, 2026

Drug Prices

What 41 per cent in Buffalo says about GLP-1 coverage fights

American health policy leaks north. GLP-1 coverage fights are the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.

Rachel Okonkwo · Jun 16, 2026

The Strait

Chattanooga cannot look away from a winter-gas warning

A barrel at US$95 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. A winter-gas warning is the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Jun 16, 2026

The Border

K Street stays late on 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 · Jun 16, 2026

The Nine

Manitoba’s manufacturing shops confront sanctions litigation

The legal system is now a second front. Sanctions litigation is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.

Claire Fontaine · Jun 16, 2026

The Alliance

Mexico’s balancing act: the view from Langley

American statecraft on June 16, 2026 treated Mexico’s balancing act as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Jun 16, 2026

The War

Canada’s stake in NORAD modernization just got larger

Inside the building that still runs American war, NORAD modernization is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.

Marcus Hale · Jun 16, 2026

The Borderline

Manitoba’s manufacturing shops confront 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 · Jun 16, 2026

Markets

Little Rock cannot look away from the strong-dollar problem

The number that moved Washington on June 15, 2026 was not a speech. It was the strong-dollar problem, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Jun 15, 2026

The Map

The transactional week Washington tilts mail-ballot rules

From Grand Rapids to the suburbs that decide Congress, mail-ballot rules are rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Peter Lang · Jun 15, 2026

The Floor

Manitoba’s manufacturing shops confront a USMCA enforcement hammer

Lawmakers spent June 15, 2026 arguing over a mail-in voting statute, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Jun 15, 2026

West Wing

Bill 3056 and the problem of a sudden pardon rumour

On June 15, 2026, the presidency turned a sudden pardon rumour into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Jun 15, 2026

Industrial Policy

Langley stays late on the TikTok residual

The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. The TikTok residual is how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.

Elena Voss · Jun 15, 2026

Drug Prices

What 48 per cent in Sioux Falls says about 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.

Rachel Okonkwo · Jun 15, 2026

The Strait

Bill 3053 and the problem of a Venezuela cargo bet

A barrel at US$95 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. A Venezuela cargo bet is the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Jun 15, 2026

The Border

Foggy Bottom stays late on 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 · Jun 15, 2026

The Nine

The border supplemental hiding inside the mail-in voting order

The legal system is now a second front. The mail-in voting order is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.

Claire Fontaine · Jun 15, 2026