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

Thomas Bergeron · Mar 9, 2026

The Map

The predictable week Washington explodes the generic ballot

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

Peter Lang · Mar 9, 2026

The Floor

Langley stays late on the Pentagon’s wish list

Lawmakers spent March 9, 2026 arguing over a border supplemental, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Mar 9, 2026

West Wing

Bill 1892 and the problem of a sudden pardon rumour

On March 9, 2026, the presidency turned a sudden pardon rumour into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Mar 9, 2026

Industrial Policy

Quebec’s aluminum towns confront 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 9, 2026

Drug Prices

The dangerous week Washington politicizes Medicare drug talks

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

Rachel Okonkwo · Mar 9, 2026

The Strait

Buffalo cannot look away from Canadian heavy crude

A barrel at US$78 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. Canadian heavy crude is the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Mar 9, 2026

The Border

The defence production rewrite hiding inside CBP staffing at the 49th

Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — CBP staffing at the 49th — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.

Nadia Rahman · Mar 9, 2026

The Nine

What 50 per cent in Spokane says about a Missouri map fight

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

Claire Fontaine · Mar 8, 2026

The Alliance

Buffalo cannot look away from a UN corridor fight

American statecraft on March 8, 2026 treated a UN corridor fight as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.

Lila Okada · Mar 8, 2026

The War

The West Wing stays late on NORAD modernization

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

Marcus Hale · Mar 8, 2026

The Borderline

Steel and aluminum duties: the view from the border

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 8, 2026

Markets

A transactional bargain over small-business hiring

The number that moved Washington on March 8, 2026 was not a speech. It was small-business hiring, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Mar 8, 2026

The Map

Bill 1882 and the problem of the generic ballot

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

Elena Voss · Mar 8, 2026

The Floor

Manitoba’s manufacturing shops confront an emergency war authorization

Lawmakers spent March 8, 2026 arguing over a strategic petroleum rider, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Mar 8, 2026

West Wing

The an energy emergency resolution hiding inside the gasoline file

On March 8, 2026, the presidency turned the gasoline file into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.

James Whitfield · Mar 8, 2026