Canada goes to the polls on Monday in snap elections, and the campaign has been dominated by a man who is not even on the bill – US President Donald Trump. He has repeatedly suggested that Canada should become the 51st US state. Some see his recent tariffs as a way of crippling the economy to enable a take-over. So how did Trump’s annexation idea emerge, and what does he want from the state of Canada?
00:00 DW reports on the US President’s repeated threats to Canada
02:48 Fen Osler Hampson Professor at Carleton University’s Norman Paterson School of International Affairs tells DW that the biggest challenge is to salvage the free trade agreement.
09:53 Martha Hall Findlay the Director of the School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary tells DW why Canada cannot trust the US anymore.
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