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Aug 13, 2026
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‘Fed up’: Hoekstra petition sends strong message to U.S., trade expert says - BNN Bloomberg
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Article Excerpt
An online petition to remove Trump’s Canadian ambassador cannot legally prompt an eviction, but it does send a strong message on how Canadians feel about their southern counterpart, an international trade expert says.
In a Thursday interview with CTV Your Morning, lawyer Barry Appleton described the petition as a “temperature check.”
“It’s telling the Americans how angry ordinary Canadians are,” he said.
As of Thursday morning, more than 106,000 people have signed the petition.
Set to be presented in the House of Commons this fall, the petition states that Pete Hoekstra should be declared …
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