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Republican insider shares behind-the-scenes observations" data-slide-index="0"> <a href="https://globalnews.ca/video/10873301/how-to-deal-with-2nd-trump-term-republican-insider-shares-behind-the-scenes-observations/" class="l-videoCarousel__link c-posts__inner c-videoPlay c-videoPlay--standard" data-video-id="10873301" data-video-player-id="archive-miniplayer" data-video-carousel-url="https://globalnews.ca/video/embed/playlist/10873301,10873904,10863044,10862390,10862389,10862386,10850476,10848248,10848247,10833146,10820104,10820101/#autoplay&stickyiframe=archive-miniplayer" data-video-carousel-playlist="10873301,10873904,10863044,10862390,10862389,10862386,10850476,10848248,10848247,10833146,10820104,10820101" data-video-carousel-label="Canada" data-video-carousel-content="As Ottawa gets a better idea of who they'll be working with in Washington, D.C., come Jan. 20, Republican insider Georganne Burke tells 'The West Block' what she's hearing behind the scenes." > <div class="l-videoCarousel__media c-posts__media"> <img data-src="https://i1.wp.com/media.globalnews.ca/videostatic/news/unjfxbmq2y-617tqk74cf/SA_TWB_VMS_2.jpg?w=1200&quality=70&strip=all" width="236" height="133" class="c-posts__thumbnail" loading="lazy" alt="" /> <div class="c-button c-video__icon c-videoPlay__icon c-posts__icon c-button--mini"> <svg class="c-icon c-button__icon" focusable="false"> <use xlink:href="https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/themes/shaw-globalnews/assets/dist/icons/out/symbol/svg/sprite.symbol.svg?v=bahmjko3l#play"></use> </svg> </div> </div> <div class="l-videoCarousel__details c-posts__details"> <div class="l-videoCarousel__info"> <div class="c-posts__info c-posts__info--highlight">Canada</div> </div> <div class="l-videoCarousel__headline c-posts__headline"><span class="c-posts__headlineText">How to deal with 2nd Trump term? Republican insider shares behind-the-scenes observations</span></div> </div> </a> </li> <li class="l-videoCarousel__slide c-posts__item glide__slide" data-caption="The West Block: Canada will ‘do the work’ to ease Trump officials’ border worries, minister says" data-slide-index="1"> <a href="https://globalnews.ca/video/10873904/the-west-block-canada-will-do-the-work-to-ease-trump-officials-border-worries-minister-says/" class="l-videoCarousel__link c-posts__inner c-videoPlay c-videoPlay--standard" data-video-id="10873904" data-video-player-id="archive-miniplayer" data-video-carousel-url="https://globalnews.ca/video/embed/playlist/10873904,10863044,10862390,10862389,10862386,10850476,10848248,10848247,10833146,10820104,10820101,10873301/#autoplay&stickyiframe=archive-miniplayer" data-video-carousel-playlist="10873904,10863044,10862390,10862389,10862386,10850476,10848248,10848247,10833146,10820104,10820101,10873301" data-video-carousel-label="Canada" data-video-carousel-content="With increasing concerns over the safety of the Canada-U.S. border, Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc says that Ottawa is "always ready" to increase border security resources if required by two frontline organizations. Plus, as Ottawa gets a better idea of who they'll be working with from the incoming administration, Republican insider Georganne Burke tells 'The West Block' what she's hearing behind the scenes." > <div class="l-videoCarousel__media c-posts__media"> <img data-src="https://i1.wp.com/media.globalnews.ca/videostatic/news/tdaklmbifw-p89numflg4/SU_TWB_VMS.jpg?w=1200&quality=70&strip=all" width="236" height="133" class="c-posts__thumbnail" loading="lazy" alt="" /> <div class="c-button c-video__icon c-videoPlay__icon c-posts__icon c-button--mini"> <svg class="c-icon c-button__icon" focusable="false"> <use xlink:href="https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/themes/shaw-globalnews/assets/dist/icons/out/symbol/svg/sprite.symbol.svg?v=bahmjko3l#play"></use> </svg> </div> </div> <div class="l-videoCarousel__details c-posts__details"> <div class="l-videoCarousel__info"> <div class="c-posts__info c-posts__info--highlight">Canada</div> </div> <div class="l-videoCarousel__headline c-posts__headline"><span class="c-posts__headlineText">The West Block: Canada will ‘do the work’ to ease Trump officials’ border worries, minister says</span></div> </div> </a> </li> <li class="l-videoCarousel__slide c-posts__item glide__slide" data-caption="The West Block: How Canada could best forge relationship with Trump" data-slide-index="2"> <a href="https://globalnews.ca/video/10863044/the-west-block-trumps-promises-might-cause-canadians-to-bristle-former-republican-strategist-says/" class="l-videoCarousel__link c-posts__inner c-videoPlay c-videoPlay--standard" data-video-id="10863044" data-video-player-id="archive-miniplayer" data-video-carousel-url="https://globalnews.ca/video/embed/playlist/10863044,10862390,10862389,10862386,10850476,10848248,10848247,10833146,10820104,10820101,10873301,10873904/#autoplay&stickyiframe=archive-miniplayer" data-video-carousel-playlist="10863044,10862390,10862389,10862386,10850476,10848248,10848247,10833146,10820104,10820101,10873301,10873904" data-video-carousel-label="Politics" data-video-carousel-content="Jeff Timmers was in the top levels of the Republican party for 30 years and shares his thoughts on how Ottawa should best forge a relationship with Donald Trump. Plus, a Canadian Forces veteran who served in Afghanistan says Canada should be a "world leader" on alternative therapies for treating veterans' post-traumatic stress disorder and other post-combat trauma, including the use of psychedelics. And a new documentary tells the story of Operation Medusa. " > <div class="l-videoCarousel__media c-posts__media"> <img data-src="https://i1.wp.com/media.globalnews.ca/videostatic/news/2v3fbbhc1g-y8rtmxp5ut/MO_TWB_VMS.jpg?w=1200&quality=70&strip=all" width="236" height="133" class="c-posts__thumbnail" loading="lazy" alt="" /> <div class="c-button c-video__icon c-videoPlay__icon c-posts__icon c-button--mini"> <svg class="c-icon c-button__icon" focusable="false"> <use xlink:href="https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/themes/shaw-globalnews/assets/dist/icons/out/symbol/svg/sprite.symbol.svg?v=bahmjko3l#play"></use> </svg> </div> </div> <div class="l-videoCarousel__details c-posts__details"> <div class="l-videoCarousel__info"> <div class="c-posts__info c-posts__info--highlight">Politics</div> </div> <div class="l-videoCarousel__headline c-posts__headline"><span class="c-posts__headlineText">The West Block: How Canada could best forge relationship with Trump</span></div> </div> </a> </li> <li class="l-videoCarousel__slide c-posts__item glide__slide" data-caption="Operation Medusa: Documentary recounts Canada’s toughest battle in Afghanistan" data-slide-index="3"> <a href="https://globalnews.ca/video/10862390/operation-medusa-documentary-recounts-canadas-toughest-battle-in-afghanistan/" class="l-videoCarousel__link c-posts__inner c-videoPlay c-videoPlay--standard" data-video-id="10862390" data-video-player-id="archive-miniplayer" data-video-carousel-url="https://globalnews.ca/video/embed/playlist/10862390,10862389,10862386,10850476,10848248,10848247,10833146,10820104,10820101,10873301,10873904,10863044/#autoplay&stickyiframe=archive-miniplayer" data-video-carousel-playlist="10862390,10862389,10862386,10850476,10848248,10848247,10833146,10820104,10820101,10873301,10873904,10863044" data-video-carousel-label="Canada" data-video-carousel-content="During Operation Medusa in 2006, Canadian troops were ordered to attack a Taliban stronghold in Afghanistan. It was a brutal, seven-hour gunfight that had a lasting impact on the war against the Taliban. During one weekend, five Canadian soldiers were killed and another 40 wounded. Mercedes Stephenson has more on the documentary 'White School Black Memories,' which tells that story." > <div class="l-videoCarousel__media c-posts__media"> <img data-src="https://i0.wp.com/media.globalnews.ca/videostatic/news/3x6zxaszzv-uwgzao43qi/TWB_DOC_VMS.jpg?w=1200&quality=70&strip=all" width="236" height="133" class="c-posts__thumbnail" loading="lazy" alt="" /> <div class="c-button c-video__icon c-videoPlay__icon c-posts__icon c-button--mini"> <svg class="c-icon c-button__icon" focusable="false"> <use xlink:href="https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/themes/shaw-globalnews/assets/dist/icons/out/symbol/svg/sprite.symbol.svg?v=bahmjko3l#play"></use> </svg> </div> </div> <div class="l-videoCarousel__details c-posts__details"> <div class="l-videoCarousel__info"> <div class="c-posts__info c-posts__info--highlight">Canada</div> </div> <div class="l-videoCarousel__headline c-posts__headline"><span class="c-posts__headlineText">Operation Medusa: Documentary recounts Canada’s toughest battle in Afghanistan</span></div> </div> </a> </li> <li class="l-videoCarousel__slide c-posts__item glide__slide" data-caption="Afghanistan War veteran creates Canadian exhibit to help ‘do a little healing’" data-slide-index="4"> <a href="https://globalnews.ca/video/10862389/afghanistan-war-veteran-creates-canadian-exhibit-to-help-do-a-little-healing/" class="l-videoCarousel__link c-posts__inner c-videoPlay c-videoPlay--standard" data-video-id="10862389" data-video-player-id="archive-miniplayer" data-video-carousel-url="https://globalnews.ca/video/embed/playlist/10862389,10862386,10850476,10848248,10848247,10833146,10820104,10820101,10873301,10873904,10863044,10862390/#autoplay&stickyiframe=archive-miniplayer" data-video-carousel-playlist="10862389,10862386,10850476,10848248,10848247,10833146,10820104,10820101,10873301,10873904,10863044,10862390" data-video-carousel-label="Canada" data-video-carousel-content="After being injured in Canada's longest, most expensive war effort, one veteran created and fundraised an exhibit to help ensure the efforts of those who served — and the memories those who died — aren't forgotten. Mercedes Stephenson explains." > <div class="l-videoCarousel__media c-posts__media"> <img data-src="https://i0.wp.com/media.globalnews.ca/videostatic/news/m0ucxq7afj-ptynex5j7b/TWB_AFGHANISTAN_VMS.jpg?w=1200&quality=70&strip=all" width="236" height="133" class="c-posts__thumbnail" loading="lazy" alt="" /> <div class="c-button c-video__icon c-videoPlay__icon c-posts__icon c-button--mini"> <svg class="c-icon c-button__icon" focusable="false"> <use xlink:href="https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/themes/shaw-globalnews/assets/dist/icons/out/symbol/svg/sprite.symbol.svg?v=bahmjko3l#play"></use> </svg> </div> </div> <div class="l-videoCarousel__details c-posts__details"> <div class="l-videoCarousel__info"> <div class="c-posts__info c-posts__info--highlight">Canada</div> </div> <div class="l-videoCarousel__headline c-posts__headline"><span class="c-posts__headlineText">Afghanistan War veteran creates Canadian exhibit to help ‘do a little healing’</span></div> </div> </a> </li> <li class="l-videoCarousel__slide c-posts__item glide__slide" data-caption="Trump’s promises ‘might cause Canadians to bristle,’ former Republican strategist says" data-slide-index="5"> <a href="https://globalnews.ca/video/10862386/trumps-promises-might-cause-canadians-to-bristle-former-republican-strategist-says/" class="l-videoCarousel__link c-posts__inner c-videoPlay c-videoPlay--standard" data-video-id="10862386" data-video-player-id="archive-miniplayer" data-video-carousel-url="https://globalnews.ca/video/embed/playlist/10862386,10850476,10848248,10848247,10833146,10820104,10820101,10873301,10873904,10863044,10862390,10862389/#autoplay&stickyiframe=archive-miniplayer" data-video-carousel-playlist="10862386,10850476,10848248,10848247,10833146,10820104,10820101,10873301,10873904,10863044,10862390,10862389" data-video-carousel-label="Canada" data-video-carousel-content="Strategist Jeff Timmers was in the top levels of the Republican party for 30 years and shares his thoughts on how Ottawa should best forge a relationship with Donald Trump — and it's not pretty. Mercedes Stephenson has more." > <div class="l-videoCarousel__media c-posts__media"> <img data-src="https://i0.wp.com/media.globalnews.ca/videostatic/news/cddfm80zc9-vwqlwz17zp/TWB_TRUMP_VMS.jpg?w=1200&quality=70&strip=all" width="236" height="133" class="c-posts__thumbnail" loading="lazy" alt="" /> <div class="c-button c-video__icon c-videoPlay__icon c-posts__icon c-button--mini"> <svg class="c-icon c-button__icon" focusable="false"> <use xlink:href="https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/themes/shaw-globalnews/assets/dist/icons/out/symbol/svg/sprite.symbol.svg?v=bahmjko3l#play"></use> </svg> </div> </div> <div class="l-videoCarousel__details c-posts__details"> <div class="l-videoCarousel__info"> <div class="c-posts__info c-posts__info--highlight">Canada</div> </div> <div class="l-videoCarousel__headline c-posts__headline"><span class="c-posts__headlineText">Trump’s promises ‘might cause Canadians to bristle,’ former Republican strategist says</span></div> </div> </a> </li> <li class="l-videoCarousel__slide c-posts__item glide__slide" data-caption="The West Block: Trump 2.0 raises ‘worrisome’ U.S.-Canada border concerns, former ambassador says" data-slide-index="6"> <a href="https://globalnews.ca/video/10850476/the-west-block-trump-2-0-raises-worrisome-u-s-canada-border-concerns-former-ambassador-says/" class="l-videoCarousel__link c-posts__inner c-videoPlay c-videoPlay--standard" data-video-id="10850476" data-video-player-id="archive-miniplayer" data-video-carousel-url="https://globalnews.ca/video/embed/playlist/10850476,10848248,10848247,10833146,10820104,10820101,10873301,10873904,10863044,10862390,10862389,10862386/#autoplay&stickyiframe=archive-miniplayer" data-video-carousel-playlist="10850476,10848248,10848247,10833146,10820104,10820101,10873301,10873904,10863044,10862390,10862389,10862386" data-video-carousel-label="Politics" data-video-carousel-content="David MacNaughton, former Canadian ambassador to the U.S., shares his biggest concerns about a possible Donald Trump return to the White House — especially as it relates to the "very, very long undefended border" between the two countries. Plus, A massive military budget gap found by the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) is ringing alarm bells throughout Canada's defence community." > <div class="l-videoCarousel__media c-posts__media"> <img data-src="https://i0.wp.com/media.globalnews.ca/videostatic/news/afzbi2pyat-v4ar8w6lf6/The_West_Block_app.jpg?w=1200&quality=70&strip=all" width="236" height="133" class="c-posts__thumbnail" loading="lazy" alt="" /> <div class="c-button c-video__icon c-videoPlay__icon c-posts__icon c-button--mini"> <svg class="c-icon c-button__icon" focusable="false"> <use xlink:href="https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/themes/shaw-globalnews/assets/dist/icons/out/symbol/svg/sprite.symbol.svg?v=bahmjko3l#play"></use> </svg> </div> </div> <div class="l-videoCarousel__details c-posts__details"> <div class="l-videoCarousel__info"> <div class="c-posts__info c-posts__info--highlight">Politics</div> </div> <div class="l-videoCarousel__headline c-posts__headline"><span class="c-posts__headlineText">The West Block: Trump 2.0 raises ‘worrisome’ U.S.-Canada border concerns, former ambassador says</span></div> </div> </a> </li> <li class="l-videoCarousel__slide c-posts__item glide__slide" data-caption="‘Worrisome’ U.S.-Canada border concerns with a 2nd Trump term" data-slide-index="7"> <a href="https://globalnews.ca/video/10848248/worrisome-u-s-canada-border-concerns-with-a-2nd-trump-term/" class="l-videoCarousel__link c-posts__inner c-videoPlay c-videoPlay--standard" data-video-id="10848248" data-video-player-id="archive-miniplayer" data-video-carousel-url="https://globalnews.ca/video/embed/playlist/10848248,10848247,10833146,10820104,10820101,10873301,10873904,10863044,10862390,10862389,10862386,10850476/#autoplay&stickyiframe=archive-miniplayer" data-video-carousel-playlist="10848248,10848247,10833146,10820104,10820101,10873301,10873904,10863044,10862390,10862389,10862386,10850476" data-video-carousel-label="Canada" data-video-carousel-content="David MacNaughton, former Canadian ambassador to the U.S., shares his biggest concerns about a possible Donald Trump return to the White House. 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