MONTREAL - Actor Kiefer Sutherland says the ongoing trade war between Canada and the U.S. is unfortunate, saying he hopes the disagreements soon come to an end.

"I've never met a single U.S. citizen who didn't love Canada,” said the British-Canadian actor, who lives between the two countries.

Speaking to the Canadian Press during a visit to Montreal, Sutherland said Canada has been a "very loyal friend and ally" to the U.S., and described suggestions about Canada becoming a 51st state as "silly."

“I just hope sooner than later things can go back to normal, and we can be friends.”

The star of the Fox drama series "24" turned whisky entrepreneur was in Montreal to announce the expansion of his own Red Bank Whisky into the Quebec market.

Sutherland co-founded the Red Bank Whisky in Nova

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