How Trump’s foreign policy could shape Canada’s approach to aid, trade and intel [Video]

U.S. President Donald Trump’s “America First” changes to foreign policy could have drastic consequences for Canada’s approach to aid, trade, intelligence and diplomacy.

David Perry, president of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, said that while the implications of the policy shift in Washington are still shaking out, it’s clear Ottawa will need to spend more and act quickly to defend its interests.

“We’ve got to be able to move fast, not just announce things fast,” he said.

Here are seven ways Canada’s approach to the world — and its place in it — could change during Trump’s second presidency.

1) Foreign aid

Trump has ordered a 90-day freeze on foreign aid to determine which of the United States’ thousands of humanitarian, development and security programs will keep getting federal funding.

“We are rooting out waste. We are blocking woke programs. And we are exposing activities that run contrary to our national interests,” says a Monday news release from …