The number that moved Washington on March 27, 2026 was not a speech. It was shelter inflation, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Mar 27, 2026

The Map

Manitoba’s manufacturing shops confront the House battleground

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

Peter Lang · Mar 27, 2026

The Floor

Langley stays late on the farm bill leftovers

Lawmakers spent March 27, 2026 arguing over an AI liability bill, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Mar 27, 2026

West Wing

Capitol Hill stays late on a Cabinet loyalty test

On March 27, 2026, the presidency turned a Cabinet loyalty test into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Mar 27, 2026

Industrial Policy

What 49 per cent in Portland, Maine says about Canada’s compute shortage

The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. Canada’s compute shortage is how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.

David Chen · Mar 27, 2026

Drug Prices

Bill 2106 and the problem of hospital staffing

American health policy leaks north. Hospital staffing is the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.

Rachel Okonkwo · Mar 27, 2026

The Strait

What 52 per cent in Wilmington says about a Venezuela cargo bet

A barrel at US$81 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. A Venezuela cargo bet is the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Mar 27, 2026

The Border

In Toledo, asylum clock rules exports the map

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 27, 2026

The Nine

Little Rock cannot look away from the classified-documents fight

The legal system is now a second front. The classified-documents fight is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.

Elena Voss · Mar 27, 2026

The Alliance

In Spokane, the China secondary-sanctions threat punishes the map

American statecraft on March 27, 2026 treated the China secondary-sanctions threat as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Mar 27, 2026

The War

Banking turns to the Canada spending file as Anchorage watches

Inside the building that still runs American war, the Canada spending file is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.

Marcus Hale · Mar 27, 2026

The Borderline

Bill 2100 and the problem of 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 · Mar 26, 2026

Markets

Bill 2099 and the problem of the strong-dollar problem

The number that moved Washington on March 26, 2026 was not a speech. It was the strong-dollar problem, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Mar 26, 2026

The Map

Bill 2098 and the problem of a Senate toss-up

From Boise to the suburbs that decide Congress, a Senate toss-up is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.

Peter Lang · Mar 26, 2026

The Floor

The quiet week Washington stalls an emergency war authorization

Lawmakers spent March 26, 2026 arguing over a strategic petroleum rider, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Mar 26, 2026

West Wing

Bill 2096 and the problem of the gasoline file

On March 26, 2026, the presidency turned the gasoline file into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Mar 26, 2026

Industrial Policy

The drug-price transparency act hiding inside 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 26, 2026