'Canada’s sort of very existence is due to people basically rejecting becoming American,' says the Hudson Chair in Canada-U.S. Relations

More than three quarters of Canadians disagree with U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra’s assertion that President Donald Trump’s call for Canada to become the 51st state is a compliment and a term of endearment, according to a new poll.

Seventy-eight per cent of the Canadians surveyed earlier this month disagree with Hoekstra and “instead believe that such language is insulting to Canadians.” Only 11 per cent agree with him, according to the poll from Narrative Research and the Logit Group.

“Just one in ten agree that suggesting Canada should become the 51st state is a compliment and a term of endearment,” said a statement from the pollsters.

“One in ten

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