The number that moved Washington on March 22, 2026 was not a speech. It was the September FOMC, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Mar 22, 2026

The Map

Bill 2050 and the problem of mail-ballot rules

From Fresno to the suburbs that decide Congress, mail-ballot rules are rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Peter Lang · Mar 22, 2026

The Floor

Omaha cannot look away from a Canada-sensitive auto rider

Lawmakers spent March 22, 2026 arguing over an energy emergency resolution, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Mar 22, 2026

West Wing

A photo-op with refiners: the view from Foggy Bottom

On March 22, 2026, the presidency turned a photo-op with refiners into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Mar 22, 2026

Industrial Policy

Washington stays late on 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 · Mar 22, 2026

Drug Prices

Bill 2046 and the problem of a fentanyl precursor case

American health policy leaks north. A fentanyl precursor case is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.

Rachel Okonkwo · Mar 22, 2026

The Strait

A transactional bargain over Canadian heavy crude

A barrel at US$80 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Canadian heavy crude is the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Mar 22, 2026

The Border

Bill 2044 and the problem of 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 22, 2026

The Nine

Bill 2043 and the problem of the mail-in voting order

The legal system is now a second front. The mail-in voting order is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.

Claire Fontaine · Mar 22, 2026

The Alliance

The ugly week Washington courts the China secondary-sanctions threat

American statecraft on March 22, 2026 treated the China secondary-sanctions threat as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Mar 22, 2026

The War

Bill 2041 and the problem of allied basing rights

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

Marcus Hale · Mar 21, 2026

The Borderline

The softwood file: the view from Foggy Bottom

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 · Mar 21, 2026

Markets

Canada’s stake in shelter inflation just got larger

The number that moved Washington on March 21, 2026 was not a speech. It was shelter inflation, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Mar 21, 2026

The Map

An ugly bargain over the House battleground

From Portland, Maine to the suburbs that decide Congress, the House battleground is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Peter Lang · Mar 21, 2026

The Floor

Manitoba’s manufacturing shops confront a border supplemental

Lawmakers spent March 21, 2026 arguing over a farm-state biofuels carve-out, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Mar 21, 2026

West Wing

In Savannah, the mail-in ballot order presses the map

On March 21, 2026, the presidency turned the mail-in ballot order into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Mar 21, 2026