OTTAWA – U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra is downplaying concerns America’s new national security strategy could lead to his government supporting political movements in Canada.

The national security strategy states the U.S. government will “reward and encourage” governments, political parties and movements “broadly aligned” with its principles and strategy.

In a wide-ranging year-end interview with The Canadian Press, Trump’s representative in Canada said the language in the national security document could be interpreted “broadly.”

“Let’s just kind of see how this plays out, OK,” Hoekstra said. “It can be interpreted in a bunch of different ways.”

But while Hoekstra said he doesn’t see the U.S. getting involved in domestic politics, he accuses Ontario of doing just that by run

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