Burton: Donald Trump has extreme designs on Canada: Here is what he really wants
Deciphering months of his rhetoric, expect demands like unfettered economic participation (U.S. airlines flying our domestic routes?); DOGE-like demolition of food supply management; selling private American health care Canada-wide; U.S. banks in every town (one of his obsessions).
As for grabbing natural resources, think Ukraine. Because wealthier, more populous America has borne most of the cost of North American defence, Trump will demand massive retro-compensation in return for lifting devastating tariffs. No more neighbourhood discount on mutual security, or sharing U.S. intelligence through the Five Eyes alliance.
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In the English-language Liberal leadership debate, Mark Carney asserted that the U.S. represents a threat to Canadian sovereignty over the Arctic, warning that Canada’s Arctic is under threat, not just from Russia and China, but “potential U.S. incursions.”
Is the future of global politics one of Trump collaborating with Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping in a grand bargain to recast geopolitical power into a mould that benefits Russian oligarchs, American high-tech billionaires and the Chinese communists?
