The number that moved Washington on April 9, 2026 was not a speech. It was shelter inflation, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Apr 9, 2026

Markets

Saskatchewan’s grain elevators confront a hot payrolls print

The number that moved Washington on April 7, 2026 was not a speech. It was a hot payrolls print, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Apr 7, 2026

The War

Canada’s stake in allied basing rights just got larger

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

Marcus Hale · Apr 7, 2026

The Borderline

Canada’s stake in dollar-for-dollar tariffs just got larger

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.

Sophie Tremblay · Apr 7, 2026

Markets

Bill 2231 and the problem of a hot payrolls print

The number that moved Washington on April 7, 2026 was not a speech. It was a hot payrolls print, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Apr 7, 2026

Markets

K Street stays late on the gasoline shock

The number that moved Washington on April 6, 2026 was not a speech. It was the gasoline shock, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Apr 6, 2026

The Strait

In Chattanooga, the Strategic Petroleum Reserve rations the map

A barrel at US$83 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. The Strategic Petroleum Reserve is the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Apr 5, 2026

Markets

Foreign Relations turns to small-business hiring as Green Bay watches

The number that moved Washington on April 4, 2026 was not a speech. It was small-business hiring, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Apr 4, 2026

Industrial Policy

A legal bargain over 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 · Apr 4, 2026

Markets

Washington stays late on shelter inflation

The number that moved Washington on April 3, 2026 was not a speech. It was shelter inflation, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Apr 3, 2026

Drug Prices

In Wilmington, mental-health funding narrows the map

American health policy leaks north. Mental-health funding is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.

Rachel Okonkwo · Apr 3, 2026

The Nine

Alberta’s oil patch confronts a Missouri map fight

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 · Apr 3, 2026

Markets

Bill 2183 and the problem of credit-card delinquencies

The number that moved Washington on April 2, 2026 was not a speech. It was credit-card delinquencies, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Apr 2, 2026

The Alliance

The strategic petroleum rider hiding inside Mexico’s balancing act

American statecraft on April 2, 2026 treated Mexico’s balancing act as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Apr 2, 2026

Markets

A partisan bargain over the September FOMC

The number that moved Washington on April 1, 2026 was not a speech. It was the September FOMC, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Elena Voss · Apr 1, 2026

Markets

What 42 per cent in Tucson says about the gasoline shock

The number that moved Washington on March 31, 2026 was not a speech. It was the gasoline shock, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Mar 31, 2026

The Map

In Wilmington, the generic ballot reorders the map

From Wilmington to the suburbs that decide Congress, the generic ballot is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Peter Lang · Mar 31, 2026