The Canadian public views US President-elect Donald Trump’s demands regarding border security and illegal immigration as reasonable, but takes offense at his suggestion to make Canada a US state, Omer Aziz, former advisor to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, says.
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00:00Donald Trump has made these demands of Canada, sought out illegal immigration,
00:04stopped the flow of drugs into the United States.
00:07How do Canadians feel about that ultimatum from Donald Trump?
00:11Because the alternative is going to be punitive economic measures,
00:16these tariffs that he's promised.
00:18Do Canadians feel like what Donald Trump has asked for is legitimate?
00:22Or do they feel like it's political and he's trying to bully Canada in a very public forum?
00:28From what I've seen and heard, the demands that Trump has made are viewed as reasonable.
00:34Things like increasing border security, cracking down on illegal immigration,
00:40getting our economic house in order.
00:42I mean, these things are reasonable and the two sides would have probably negotiated on
00:47some measure on these issues, even if there wasn't a 25% punitive tariff threat.
00:53I think where people are more sheepish or where there is actually
00:56much more debate, very strong, polarizing debate,
01:00are Trump's threats to make Canada the 51st state of the United States.
01:05Now, if we were talking a few weeks ago, I might not even bring that up because
01:09we would consider that a joke, as would many other people.
01:11But President-elect Trump now has brought that up a few times,
01:15including after Prime Minister Trudeau's resignation.