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The Floor

Bill 2397 and the problem of the debt-limit shadow play

Lawmakers spent April 21, 2026 arguing over a drug-price transparency act, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Apr 21, 2026

White House

The midterm message: the view from Langley

Apr 20, 2026

Technology

Canada’s stake in data-centre water fights just got larger

Apr 20, 2026

Health

Canada’s stake in an FDA nomination just got larger

Apr 20, 2026

Energy

Gulf Coast refining: the view from Langley

Apr 20, 2026

Immigration

A partisan bargain over interior enforcement

Apr 20, 2026

Courts

Foggy Bottom stays late on the classified-documents fight

Apr 20, 2026

The Alliance

What 50 per cent in Portland, Maine says about European energy nerves

American statecraft on April 20, 2026 treated European energy nerves as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · 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

Markets

Quebec’s aluminum towns confront a hot payrolls print

The number that moved Washington on April 20, 2026 was not a speech. It was a hot payrolls print, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Apr 20, 2026

The Map

What 49 per cent in Grand Rapids says about 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 · 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

West Wing

Bill 2384 and the problem of a late-night tariff threat

On April 19, 2026, the presidency turned a late-night tariff threat into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Apr 19, 2026

Industrial Policy

Tucson cannot look away from 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 19, 2026

Drug Prices

Canada’s stake in Medicare drug talks just got larger

American health policy leaks north. Medicare drug talks are the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.

Rachel Okonkwo · Apr 19, 2026

The Strait

Fresno cannot look away from the Hormuz risk premium

A barrel at US$85 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. The Hormuz risk premium is the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Apr 19, 2026

The Border

The northern border narrative: the view from the border

Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — the northern border narrative — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.

Nadia Rahman · Apr 19, 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.

Claire Fontaine · Apr 19, 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 War

In Buffalo, an Arctic radar gap rehearses the map

Inside the building that still runs American war, an Arctic radar gap is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.

Marcus Hale · 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

Markets

The stopgap spending bill hiding inside small-business hiring

The number that moved Washington on April 19, 2026 was not a speech. It was small-business hiring, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Elena Voss · Apr 19, 2026

The Map

Bill 2374 and the problem of the generic ballot

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

Peter Lang · Apr 19, 2026