Thousands sign petition calling for expulsion of US ambassador to Canada

More than 60,000 Canadians are backing an effort to remove U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra from the country, accusing him of undermining relations between the neighboring countries and interfering in Canadian politics.

The online petition calls on Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to declare Hoekstra “persona non grata” and seeks his removal as President Trump’s ambassador to Canada.

It accuses Hoekstra of “making repeated interventions in Canadian political discourse inconsistent with diplomatic protocol” and normalizing Trump’s push to make Canada the 51st U.S. state.

The petition, which was created by a woman from Calgary, quickly garnered support, nearly doubling its signature count in a 24-hour period this week. Elizabeth May, leader of the Green Party of Canada, is expected to present it to the House of........

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