‘Golden Dome’ and U.S. defence pivot create a new challenge for Canada

I think this will indicate a shift back towards a hemispheric defence strategy, which is what the U.S. pursued prior to World War II. I think there will be a broader definition of homeland defence in the sense that it won’t just include air and missile defence. It’ll also include border security, a focus on drug cartels and drug smuggling, human trafficking, and other threats that the administration sees coming from Latin America as well as broader strategic interest in the Western Hemisphere, whether that’s the Panama Canal or preventing Chinese influence elsewhere, or thinking about the Arctic, and natural resources in Greenland and Canada. I think those are things that the administration’s thinking about and that will factor into the NDS.