It may get harder to find media coverage of Canada beginning this summer, when the last U.S. newspaper correspondent leaves the country.
Of course wire services, freelancers and contract staff will still cover Canada after the Washington Post closes its Toronto bureau. But it's debatable how much attention stories will command when not being covered by senior journalists. The effect will be magnified since regional news outfits take cues from East Coast papers.
Coverage of trade and transportation issues involving Canada is especially critical to Cascadia but usually falls short. For example, the dispute over softwood lumber imports was daily news in Vancouver but usually drew a shrug from editors in Seattle. It often takes a Canadian serial killer to get headlines in the U.S.
The effort to cut costs led The Wall Street Journal to announce the closure of its Canada bureau in December. That makes Canada the only major economy without coverage by the top financial newspaper.