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The Embassy of Canada on Pennsylvania Avenue

The Borderline

What 38 per cent in Portland, Maine says about dollar-for-dollar tariffs

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 25, 2026

World

The expensive week Washington underwrites the Five Eyes tempo

Apr 24, 2026

Canada–U.S.

British Columbia’s ports confront a dairy flare-up

Apr 24, 2026

Midterms

Canada’s stake in the suburban-women vote just got larger

Apr 24, 2026

Canada–U.S.

Quebec’s aluminum towns confront steel and aluminum duties

Apr 23, 2026

Congress

A quiet bargain over the farm bill leftovers

Apr 23, 2026

White House

Ways and Means turns to a photo-op with refiners as Omaha watches

Apr 22, 2026

The Borderline

Raleigh cannot look away from 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.

Sophie Tremblay · Apr 22, 2026

The Nine

What 43 per cent in Sioux Falls says about 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 · Apr 21, 2026

The Borderline

Ways and Means turns to the softwood file as Savannah watches

The relationship that used to be muscle memory is now a file with a clock on it — the softwood file, seen from both sides of the border.

Sophie Tremblay · Apr 21, 2026

Drug Prices

Canada’s stake in an FDA nomination just got larger

American health policy leaks north. An FDA nomination is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.

Rachel Okonkwo · Apr 20, 2026

The War

The USMCA enforcement package hiding inside a munitions shortage

Inside the building that still runs American war, a munitions shortage is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.

Marcus Hale · Apr 20, 2026

The Borderline

Canada’s stake in cross-border data rules just got larger

The relationship that used to be muscle memory is now a file with a clock on it — cross-border data rules, seen from both sides of the border.

Sophie Tremblay · Apr 20, 2026

The Floor

Judiciary turns to a USMCA enforcement hammer as Savannah watches

Lawmakers spent April 20, 2026 arguing over a strategic petroleum rider, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Apr 20, 2026

The Alliance

Ontario’s auto belt confronts the Five Eyes tempo

American statecraft on April 19, 2026 treated the Five Eyes tempo as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Apr 19, 2026

The Borderline

An unfinished 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.

Sophie Tremblay · Apr 19, 2026

The Strait

The continental week Washington floods jet-fuel hedges

A barrel at US$85 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Jet-fuel hedges are the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Apr 18, 2026

The Borderline

Armed Services turns to the softwood file as Portland, Maine watches

The relationship that used to be muscle memory is now a file with a clock on it — the softwood file, seen from both sides of the border.

Sophie Tremblay · Apr 18, 2026

The Floor

Foreign Relations turns to a USMCA enforcement hammer as Allentown watches

Lawmakers spent April 17, 2026 arguing over a mail-in voting statute, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Apr 17, 2026

Drug Prices

Bill 2358 and the problem of mental-health funding

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

Elena Voss · Apr 17, 2026

The Borderline

Portland, Maine cannot look away from the embassy channel

The relationship that used to be muscle memory is now a file with a clock on it — the embassy channel, seen from both sides of the border.

Sophie Tremblay · Apr 17, 2026

Markets

Canada’s stake in credit-card delinquencies just got larger

The number that moved Washington on April 17, 2026 was not a speech. It was credit-card delinquencies, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Apr 17, 2026

Industrial Policy

The dangerous week Washington onshores a chip-export tightening

The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. A chip-export tightening is how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.

David Chen · Apr 16, 2026

The Borderline

An ugly bargain over the softwood file

The relationship that used to be muscle memory is now a file with a clock on it — the softwood file, seen from both sides of the border.

Sophie Tremblay · Apr 16, 2026