Trump wants to boost European nationalists. Should Canada be worried?

Global: The document sets out a desire to “enlist” countries in the Western hemisphere — presumably including Canada — to carry out U.S. policy goals in the region, including curbing “destabilizing” migration, “neutralizing” drug cartels and reversing globalization by “near-shoring” manufacturing operations.

“It’s not clear to me if they consider Canada part of European ‘civilization’ … or, alternatively, do they see us as part of the Western hemisphere which they’re dominating anyways,” said Stephanie Carvin, a Carleton University international relations professor and former intelligence analyst…