A petition signed by nearly 30,000 Canadians calls for U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra to be declared persona non grata and expelled from Canada. Launched by a Calgary woman, it will be presented in the House of Commons this fall by Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, though tabling a petition doesn't mean endorsing it.
The petition accuses Hoekstra of repeated interventions in Canadian political discourse and of normalizing Trump administration annexation threats. It cites his remark that Canada's annexation would make a "great discussion" for Carney and Trump, plus his past criticism of Canadians boycotting American travel and liquor.
Canada has expelled diplomats before, including Chinese and Indian officials over foreign interference allegations, but a U.S. ambassador expulsion would be unprecedented territory. The U.S. embassy in Ottawa declined to comment beyond confirming it is aware of the petition.
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