Canadaland

United States Attorney General Pam Bondi is flexing the US’s military seizure of a Venezuelan oil tanker as the Trump administration deploys warships — and even nuclear submarines — off Venezuela’s coast. The White House says it’s about drugs, but it also signals a broader shift laid out in the new US National Security Strategy. So far, the Canadian government has been pretty quiet about what our closest ally is doing in Venezuela, and about this ominous security strategy.So what is a middle power supposed to do when its closest ally goes rogue? Host Noor Azrieh asks Ben Rowswell, former Canadian ambassador to Venezuela and now a consultant with Catalyze4.Plus: How MP Michael Ma stole Conservative Christmas.CLARIFICATION: In reference to the LIMA group, Ben Rowswell’s position is that Venezuelan political actors were setting their own agenda, and the role of the Group was to align neighbouring democracies in support of those efforts, not to dictate or manage them.Host: Noor AzriehCredits: Aviva Lessard (Senio