The Trump administration’s implicit endorsement of “patriotic” European political parties has renewed concerns about American meddling in Canadian political movements and causes.

Washington’s updated National Security Strategy, released late last week, says little directly about economic or security ties with Canada. But it raised eyebrows among Canadian national security watchers with its full-throated support for nationalist parties in Europe and its vision for the future of the Western hemisphere.

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

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