My guess: to weaken Canada's economy, limit Canada's international standing, bankrupt the sovereign state, cause rise of populism and voters thereof, have its people overthrow the government, then absorb the former country as a state to extract its natural resources, to fulfill manifest destiny.
Other than the current tariff narrative, it's fairly standard CIA play when we look at what they did to Latin America already.
Other than the current tariff narrative, it's fairly standard CIA play when we look at what they did to Latin America already.