Canada West Foundation braces for second Trump term [Video]

Gary Mar, Canada West Foundation President and CEO, speaks to Alberta Primetime about expectations for Canada-U.S. relations as Donald Trump returns to the White House.

This interview has been edited for clarity and length.

Michael Higgins: What do Canadians need to be ready for when Donald Trump returns to presidency?

Gary Mar: You’ve made a really important observation right off the outset which is that this is the second Trump administration, and it won’t be like the first one.

The first one in 2016 was kind of unexpected, I don’t think Mr. Trump expected to be the president of the United States, and so when it came to his policies, we are stuck trying to read the tea leaves through his tweets. Now, he actually has a much more fully developed and robust set of policies that have been developed by people that have been working on it for the last four years.

I guess the first thing that I’d say is we …