{"id":2644538,"date":"2026-08-13T16:34:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T20:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/over-100000-canadians-sign-petition-to-remove-us-ambassador\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T16:40:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T20:40:19","slug":"over-100000-canadians-sign-petition-to-remove-us-ambassador","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/over-100000-canadians-sign-petition-to-remove-us-ambassador\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 100,000 Canadians sign petition to remove US ambassador"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fover-100000-canadians-sign-petition-to-remove-us-ambassador%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2644538&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A petition in Canada has gained over 100,000 signatures calling for the removal of U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra due to perceived actions that undermine Canadian-U.S. relations. The petition, initiated by Lee Walker, criticizes Hoekstra for making statements suggesting that Canada\u2019s 2025 federal election is \u201canti-American,\u201d and for expressing supportive comments about Trump\u2019s rhetoric, including labeling canada as the &#8220;51st state.&#8221; Additionally, Hoekstra is accused of being linked to the Alberta separatist movement through alleged involvement with a U.S. voter ID app used by separatists, despite his denials of awareness. The petition also highlights concerns about U.S. diplomatic interference in Canadian affairs, referencing meetings between Hoekstra and Alberta separatists. While it&#8217;s uncertain if the canadian government will act,the petition aims to send a message of disapproval. the effort continues until November 18, with the Canadian government expected to respond within 45 days to the petition&#8217;s presentation.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A petition to strip U.S. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ambassadors\/page\/4\/\">Ambassador<\/a> Pete Hoekstra of his position is gaining steam in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/canada\/\">Canada<\/a> after backlash over stances he took that critics say undermined Canadian-U.S. diplomatic relations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Alberta-based <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ourcommons.ca\/petitions\/en\/Petition\/Sign\/e-7531\">petition<\/a> to remove Hoekstra, President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a>\u2018s ambassador to Canada, has gained over 100,000 signatures as of Thursday. Ottawa is expected to submit a written response to the effort to remove Hoekstra from his post within 45 days of Elizabeth May, leader of the Green Party of Canada, presenting the petition to the House of Commons this fall.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4686833\/canada-petition-remove-us-ambassador\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Over 100,000 Canadians sign petition for the removal of US ambassador<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4682025\/us-nuclear-material-syria-secret-site\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>US negotiates deal for removal of nuclear material from covert Syrian site: Report<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4681574\/state-department-visas-revoked-foreign-nationals-violations\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>State Department has revoked 175,000 visas for foreign nationals, citing violations<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The petition\u2019s author, Lee Walker, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/politics\/petition-to-oust-ambassador-hoekstra-reaction-9.7305109\">told <\/a>CBC News on Wednesday she\u2019s not sure the government will take steps to declare Hoekstra persona non grata but hopes the petition will send a message.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The petition claims Hoekstra has repeatedly made public statements undermining Canada-U.S. diplomatic relations, including characterizing the 2025 Canadian federal election as \u201canti-American.\u201d In addition, it says Hoekstra \u201cnormalized\u201d Trump\u2019s threats to make Canada the 51st state, writing that the ambassador described such rhetoric as a \u201cterm of endearment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In June, Hoekstra told reporters that talks about annexing Canada would be a \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/politics\/51-state-carney-trump-hoekstra-trade-talks-9.7221755\">great discussion to be had<\/a>\u201d by the leaders of the two countries. The U.S. envoy has also shared Trump\u2019s posts referring to Canada as the 51st state.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another point of contention comes from claims that Hoekstra is linked to the Alberta separatist movement, saying he is affiliated with a U.S. voter ID app used by the movement to identify names and addresses of potential separatist referendum supporters.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Alberta Prosperity Project met with State Department officials three times between April 2025 and January 2026, with Hoekstra claiming no knowledge of those meetings, raising serious questions about U.S. diplomatic interference in Canadian unity, according to the petition. Hoekstra has also denied knowing the app was being used by the separatists.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Canada\u2019s Prime Minister Mark Carney, right, as Secretary of State Marco Rubio, from left, and Pete Hoekstra, U.S. Ambassador to Canada, listen on the sidelines of the G7 Summit, Monday, June 16, 2025, in Kananaskis, Canada. (AP Photo\/Mark Schiefelbein)<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; data-large-file=&#8221;https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2026\/08\/localimages\/AP25167566433507.jpg?w=696&#8243; &#8220;https:><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Canada\u2019s Prime Minister Mark Carney, right, as Secretary of State Marco Rubio, from left, and Pete Hoekstra, U.S. Ambassador to Canada, listen on the sidelines of the G7 Summit, Monday, June 16, 2025, in Kananaskis, Canada. (AP Photo\/Mark Schiefelbein)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4667816\/trump-may-reject-aurelien-lechevallier-french-ambassador-us-un-human-rights\/\"><strong>US CONSIDERS REJECTING FRENCH AMBASSADOR APPOINTMENT AS COUNTRIES FEUD OVER UN AND HUMAN RIGHTS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The petition, started by Walker on July 21, calls on Ottawa to remove Hoekstra from his position and raise with the U.S. \u201cthe pattern of conduct by Ambassador Hoekstra inconsistent with the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations.\u201d It also requests a parliamentary committee review \u201cU.S. diplomatic interference in Canadian domestic affairs.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The petition is open for signatures until Nov. 18.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Petition to remove U.S. ambassador Hoekstra gains support in Canada<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2644539,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP25167566433507.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[3957,3817,32402,5434,32634],"class_list":["post-2644538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-canada","tag-diplomacy","tag-international-relations","tag-petition","tag-us-ambassador"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP25167566433507.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2644538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2644538"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2644538\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2644541,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2644538\/revisions\/2644541"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2644539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2644538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2644538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2644538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}