The number that moved Washington on June 10, 2026 was not a speech. It was small-business hiring, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Jun 10, 2026

Markets

Manitoba’s manufacturing shops confront small-business hiring

The number that moved Washington on June 9, 2026 was not a speech. It was small-business hiring, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Elena Voss · Jun 9, 2026

Markets

The legal week Washington overheats a hot payrolls print

The number that moved Washington on June 8, 2026 was not a speech. It was a hot payrolls print, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Jun 8, 2026

The War

The northern border staffing measure hiding inside carrier-group math

Inside the building that still runs American war, carrier-group math is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.

Marcus Hale · Jun 8, 2026

Markets

A legal bargain over the September FOMC

The number that moved Washington on June 7, 2026 was not a speech. It was the September FOMC, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Jun 7, 2026

The Strait

Grand Rapids cannot look away from a Venezuela cargo bet

A barrel at US$93 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. A Venezuela cargo bet is the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Jun 7, 2026

Markets

In Grand Rapids, shelter inflation overheats the map

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

Thomas Bergeron · Jun 6, 2026

The War

NORAD modernization: the view from K Street

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

Marcus Hale · Jun 5, 2026

Markets

The USMCA enforcement package hiding inside a hot payrolls print

The number that moved Washington on June 5, 2026 was not a speech. It was a hot payrolls print, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Jun 5, 2026

Markets

K Street stays late on the gasoline shock

The number that moved Washington on June 4, 2026 was not a speech. It was the gasoline shock, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Jun 4, 2026

Markets

The sanctions package aimed at Tehran hiding inside the September FOMC

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

Thomas Bergeron · Jun 3, 2026

The Floor

What 52 per cent in Tucson says about a USMCA enforcement hammer

Lawmakers spent June 3, 2026 arguing over a defence production rewrite, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Jun 3, 2026

Markets

Canada’s stake in a hot payrolls print just got larger

The number that moved Washington on June 2, 2026 was not a speech. It was a hot payrolls print, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Jun 2, 2026

Markets

The gasoline shock: the view from Langley

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

Thomas Bergeron · Jun 1, 2026

Markets

The last-minute week Washington front-runs a factory-orders stall

The number that moved Washington on May 31, 2026 was not a speech. It was a factory-orders stall, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · May 31, 2026

The Floor

Fresno cannot look away from a border supplemental

Lawmakers spent May 31, 2026 arguing over a northern border staffing measure, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · May 31, 2026

Markets

The drug-price transparency act hiding inside the strong-dollar problem

The number that moved Washington on May 30, 2026 was not a speech. It was the strong-dollar problem, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · May 30, 2026