More than 57,000 Canadians have signed a petition calling for U.S. President Donald Trump’s representative in Ottawa to be kicked out of the country.
The online petition, which is set to be presented in the House of Commons in the fall, says Pete Hoekstra should be declared persona non grata and the Canadian government should request his removal as U.S. ambassador to Canada.
The petition accuses Hoekstra of making statements that undermine the Canada-U.S. diplomatic relationship and of “making repeated interventions in Canadian political discourse inconsistent with diplomatic protocol.”
It says the Liberal government should also direct a parliamentary committee to review U.S. diplomatic interference in Canadian affairs.
The petition, which was launched by a woman from Calgary, will be presented in Parliament by Green Party Leader Elizabeth May.
Members of Parliament can table petitions in the House of Commons without endorsing their contents.
The petition also says Hoekstra has normalized the Trump administration’s threats to annex Canada.
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Hoekstra made headlines earlier this summer when he said Canada’s annexation by the United States would be a “great discussion” for Prime Minister Mark Carney and President Trump to have.
Hoekstra told a crowd in Halifax last September that he was disappointed and frustrated by the “anti-American” tone in the most recent federal election campaign. He said it was dangerous for Canadian political leaders to describe the Trump administration’s tariff campaign as a trade war.
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He has repeatedly criticized Canadian politicians for discouraging travel to the U.S. and for pulling American liquor off their shelves.
Responding to reporters in Canada who have challenged his comments, Hoekstra said it’s his job to “present the president’s views.”
A spokesperson for the U.S. embassy in Ottawa declined to comment on the petition except to say the embassy is aware of it.
A persona non grata declaration is a tool in the UN’s Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations that allows a government to strip diplomatic immunity from an individual and force them to leave the country.
Canada has expelled diplomats in the past — most recently representatives of China and India over allegations of foreign interference.
In 2023, the Canadian government declared Chinese diplomat Zhao Wei persona non grata after an intelligence report accused him of targeting Conservative MP Michael Chong by gathering information about his family in Hong Kong.
A year later, Canada expelled six diplomats and consular officials from India after the RCMP made a stunning public allegation that agents of the Indian government were involved a campaign targeting Canadian citizens. The police linked the campaign to the June 2023 murder of Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Surrey, B.C.
In July of this year, an indictment released by U.S. authorities alleged the infamous Indian gangster Lawrence Bishnoi ordered Nijjar’s assassination.
Under Carney’s leadership, the federal government has worked to improve relations with both China and India.
104,000 signatures as of yesterday (13th). Turf this Trump (mini we)
guest star i agree. people will lose their jobs maybe their homes but it will be worth it to make a statement. we should stop all trade with our biggest trade partner who buys 75 percent of our products. to compensate we will just increase imagration and print more money problem solved.
What did he say other than stating that Americans are upset about Canada being one of two countries to imply counter tariff.( China is the other) Every other country chose to negotiate instead. The removal of alcohol was a breach of USMCA and the constant rhetoric coming from the liberals government. Do you elbows up gooheads think this will do anything?
Canadian pus sies!
Real Canadians want this stooge gone. Good riddance to bad rubbish.
About time Canadians show their strength, and greatness, not to be bullied by the American sexual predator and lowlife American (Trump) president. What happened to the Epstein files? We all just signed up for the e-7531 petition to the House of Commons, to oust Hoekstra.
Canada, so tragically insecure and pathetic.
Why is the press wasting the time to publish these meaningless TDS rants.
Worry about our own affairs and stop fixating on the USA. For all you folks who are so anti American,’ you can’t seem to stop talking about them. We have had the Liberal govt for 11 years…who is really
to blame for our economic woes. Must be Poilievre or Trump….there is no way the Liberal govt could have any responsibility.
Petition to send carn to north korea? Where do I sign?
TDS is in full bloom within the liberal ranks. Not Elvis, but sanity has left the building.
take your petition and shove it up your poop holes you elbows up losers
How do I get to sign this petition in B.C.?
IS IT MOSTLY east Indian signatures and a few elbows up boomers ?
87,000 signatures as of now. Send him home.
Jon Barnard
August 12, 2026 at 1:47 pm
Keep Hoekstra in Canada. We need the reminder of what the US is now and what our relationship to the US is now. Keep him front and centre.
Jon you make a great point, but Pete Hoekstra is like Stage 2 cancer once you have it you never forget, and like cancer you want it excised as quickly as possible so it doesn’t spread and cause further damage to the host.
The sooner Pete Hoekstra is out of Canada the better off Canada will be.
Pete Hoekstra is here in Canada as an agitator, not an ambassador.
He needs to be removed from Canada immediately.
We should also call the Canadian Ambassador back from America and temporarily shut down the Canadian Embassy in America.
America is acting like an enemy, not like a friend or ally.
Carney needs to stop touring the world. and start dealing with Canada’s issues at home. The man is only amplifying weakness.
LOL Canadian clowns!!!
Good riddance!
Is it too late to sign this petition. If not where can I do this?
get rid of Carney and his lies, just a agent for Brookfield and his own finances, not many in the Liberals speak for Canada, just their own fat wallets, gourmet plane food and drinks.
How many people signed the referendum to leave Canada? This is a nothing burger. Do a referendum across Canada on who would leave to America, or leave Canada period. Do that question and do it by age bracket.
If your youth dislike the country, you won’t have a country soon.
TDS in full display. I think Pete Hoekstra is doing a great job. Canadians should listen to him instead of mocking him.
Yes, get rid of him. He has been disrespectful. Trump wants him to do that.
where can i sign the petition to remove Holksta?
Jason and Jimmy try to make proper sentences instead of stupid gibberish . Silly trolls.
Get the ambassador out of Canada. The usa has a ton of fires that have nothing to do with Canada. This insane man over there has to stop his nonsense..
Ambassador is right .canada should hold accountable.more likely raise tariff 150% on canada to recover loss on US side
If US ambassador Force to out Canada,, USA should double tariff on canada .. make sense ..
@B Canadians are civilized. Maybe it’s you who are the problem. Stop complaining and whining!
We don’t need regurgitation of Trump’s insults and disrespect by his representative “within” Canada. We are a great nation of diverse and unique people.
Man Canadians are such crybabies nowadays. I’m embarrassed that we’ve become a country that cancels someone when we don’t “like” what they say, and that goes for anything (not just this particular situation). Grow up everyone.
@Walker. The ambassador is a disrespectful, arrogant, loudmouthed boor who bullies. He, like the the vast majority of Americans, doesn’t understand Canada at all.
One of the few people in Canada that understands the US/Canada trade situation.
You people that think Canada’s problems will go away if you cover your ears are very stew pid.
@Anonymous. Play nice, like the EU and UK did? The US already broke those deals. I shan’t ever be bowing to to the USA. You can if you want but this lady’s not for turning.
The ELBOWS UP PEOPLE ARE MORONS
Where can I sign
Where can I sign the petition
Send him home…we dont want his rant and rave
Pete Hoekstra is a disgrace to the US diplomatic corps. But then again look who appointed him, the worst president in American history!
Oh for goodness sake. Is this another initiative by a Boomer with everything in their life nice and comfortable… putting their elbows up? If we shed all these instruments and institutions where will that leave us down the road. This is inane – and therefore right up Ms. May’s alley.
Keep Hoekstra in Canada. We need the reminder of what the US is now and what our relationship to the US is now. Keep him front and centre.
Send him home with every other Yankee that strays north of the border. It’s like being neighbors with a garbage dump.
This is another distraction from crime, poverty and mass surveillance.
Is Canada even a country? Judging from the comments it’s not. You can’t even get behind a petition. Joke of a country.
Kind of moot as the person would be replaced with someone else. Who might be worse than this guy. Maybe it is okay as a “feel good” experience, but won’t actually change anything. It could make things far worse.
Ya , trust me…the ppl congering these ideas are the 1st to run & hide if they had to actually cash that check
When did we Canadians develop such thin skin?
Mark – is it unpatriotic to want to see your country do better that it currently is? That’s literally the job of the official opposition. From my perspective it is supremely unpatriotic to unquestioningly accept everything the government says to you.
As if we have any control over the wind when there’s a fire. Perhaps we should be complaining about all the pollution that comes north from our southern neighbours, and also smoke from their wildfires. As far as the Ambassador is concerned he is welcome to his opinion, he also has to toe the “Trump” line, otherwise he’d be replaced.
So a bunch of intellectually lazy and emotionally unstable morons signed a piece of paper and a lazy journalist platformed them
@Americanadian – and what would you call the garbage that comes out of Trump’s mouth and the mouths of MAGA-ites and Republicans?
There are a few unpatriotic Canadians in the comments who support their Poilievre conservative party over country. They enjoy seeing Canada bullied.
Their own government calls it a trade war
I absolutely agree Pete should go.
He is not suited to be an ambassador.
I find him abrasive and arrogant and ill informed.
Clearly not inclined to be a voice of reason, that would be called diplomacy.
Please send him back where he came from.
A – stop making stuff up.
I started this online work a few months ago.
At first, I was confused about where to apply.
Then I noticed the website name on the profile .
I copied it and opened it in a new tab…..
CBC global CTV should be ousted for their blatant propaganda and hate mongering.
How do I sign up? Hoekstra is a menace
ccmac5046@gmail.com
Canadians should be spending more time on what is happening in Canada with all levels of government and stop concentrating on trying to get the better of Trump. Which up to now it’s a battle we are losing tariffs keep coming and Carney is out of the country again. Not to mention the fires that are destroying Canadian communities. Carney and this Liberal government are a total failure all round.
30K/40MM. The purple-hairs are upset, as usual. Send the Calgarian back to TO from whence she came.
Bony can’t handle the truth and wants to block any comments he doesn’t agree with.
Obviously a Liberal
What a bunch of fools. Canadians thinking they can tell the US president what to do! There are also many in the US calling for the resignation/firing of Carney.
He’s not a diplomat. Expel him and block the whining US citizens in the comments who don’t support expelling the wheezbag. Don’t care what American commenters pretending to be Canadians think.
To all the comments about elbows up, and taking the side of the U. S. Leave Canada and join the rednecks! And if you are American’s trolling our news feeds, stay on your own conspiracy sights.
Yes, he is to represent the US opinions. Although POTUS can be insulting and basically get away with it, an ambassador has to be civil to the host country
There is a new HOC petition started by May. It only has about 5k signatures as of now. – please sign…,
Elbows Up Canadians can’t handle being told the truth by Pete Hoekstra.
The childish and triggered behaviour of Elbows Up Canadians is funny but pathetic at the same time.
Too bad being whiney crybaby pussies doesnt generate gdp
Bye Felicia.
Send him to Gaza.