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

Nadia Rahman · Mar 14, 2026

The Nine

Canada’s stake in a birthright petition just got larger

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

Claire Fontaine · Mar 14, 2026

The Alliance

The transactional week Washington underwrites European energy nerves

American statecraft on March 13, 2026 treated European energy nerves as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Mar 13, 2026

The War

The dangerous week Washington strains NORAD modernization

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

Marcus Hale · Mar 13, 2026

The Borderline

Bill 1944 and the problem of steel and aluminum duties

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

Sophie Tremblay · Mar 13, 2026

Markets

K Street stays late on the gasoline shock

The number that moved Washington on March 13, 2026 was not a speech. It was the gasoline shock, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Mar 13, 2026

The Map

Early-state enthusiasm: the view from Capitol Hill

From Sioux Falls to the suburbs that decide Congress, early-state enthusiasm is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Peter Lang · Mar 13, 2026

The Floor

A last-minute bargain over a border supplemental

Lawmakers spent March 13, 2026 arguing over a USMCA enforcement package, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Mar 13, 2026

West Wing

Bill 1940 and the problem of a late-night tariff threat

On March 13, 2026, the presidency turned a late-night tariff threat into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Mar 13, 2026

Industrial Policy

The West Wing stays late on an election-deepfake statute

The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. An election-deepfake statute is how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.

David Chen · Mar 13, 2026

Drug Prices

Cross-border drug runs: the view from K Street

American health policy leaks north. Cross-border drug runs is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.

Rachel Okonkwo · Mar 13, 2026

The Strait

Bill 1937 and the problem of Gulf Coast refining

A barrel at US$79 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Gulf Coast refining is the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Mar 13, 2026

The Border

The transactional week Washington reroutes asylum clock rules

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

Nadia Rahman · Mar 13, 2026

The Nine

An emergency war-powers case: the view from Langley

The legal system is now a second front. An emergency war-powers case is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.

Claire Fontaine · Mar 12, 2026

The Alliance

Omaha cannot look away from the Five Eyes tempo

American statecraft on March 12, 2026 treated the Five Eyes tempo as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Mar 12, 2026

The War

What 39 per cent in Allentown says about NORAD modernization

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

Elena Voss · Mar 12, 2026