The US president\u2019s actions in Venezuela and Greenland threats have raised concerns of an imminent challenge to Canadian sovereignty<\/p>\n
There are increasing fears in Canada that the country could become Washington\u2019s next target following the shock abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and US President Donald Trump\u2019s talk of seizing Greenland, Bloomberg reported on Saturday.
\nThe outlet spoke to the authors of a recent viral column in the Globe and Mail newspaper, which has warned that Trump could use \u201cmilitary coercion\u201d against Canada, pointing to his past remarks of making it the \u201c51st US state.\u201d\u00a0
\nThe authors, former foreign affairs adviser Adam Gordon and academic Thomas Homer-Dixon, noted in their report that \u201cnothing in international law protects Canada that shouldn\u2019t have protected Venezuela,\u201d suggesting Trump could similarly apply force to seize Canada\u2019s oil resources.
\nThey also expressed concern about US political interference to support separatist sentiment in Canada\u2019s oil-rich province of Alberta. One of the organizers of the separatist movement, which aims to break away from Canada and join the US, Jeffrey Rath, told Bloomberg that he has already met with US State Department officials who support his cause. However, he has refused to disclose their names and the State Department has declined to comment.<\/p>\n
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Canada must make it \u201cclear\u201d that actions against its sovereignty would be \u201cenormously costly\u201d for the US, the authors told Bloomberg, urging Ottawa to invest in national service and homeland defense, develop a national drone strategy, and rapidly build out domestic defense industries.
\nTrump has already exerted significant economic pressure on Ottawa throughout the past year, imposing tariffs of up to 35% on a wide range of goods while threatening to expand them to even more sectors. He has justified the pressure by accusing Canada of exploiting US trade.
\nCanadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has worked to improve relations with Trump, removing some of his predecessor\u2019s counter-tariffs and boosting defense spending. However, analysts warn concessions could lead to eroded sovereignty.\u00a0
\n\u201cAre we already a vassal state, and we just won\u2019t admit it to ourselves?\u201d Carleton University professor Philippe Lagasse asked in a statement to Bloomberg, suggesting Canada could end up \u201cbasically a tributary.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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