Pete Hoekstra, the U.S. ambassador to Canada, told an audience in Ottawa that he thinks Canada has recently meddled in American politics, but that he also doesn’t understand why Canadians are angry about comments regarding this country becoming his nation’s 51st state.

His remarks came this week at the 2025 National Manufacturing Conference , run by Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters (CME). Hoekstra was one of the speakers at the conference and also took part in what was billed as a fireside chat with Dennis Darby, president and CEO of CME

He opened on a light note, referencing the test of the emergency alert system on cellphones across the country this week.

“This Canadian government,” he said. “It is so nice of them to put out a national emergency that the U.S. ambassador is again

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