British Columbia Prime Minister slams U.S. ambassador says Trump sees Canadian boycott as “annoying”
British Columbia Prime Minister David Eby said he thought U.S. leaders were almost unaware of how offensive their remarks were, as the U.S. ambassador to Canada said that President Donald Trump believed Canadians were “annoying” because the U.S. boycotted.
“When the president said ‘I want to turn you into the 51st state unless you succumb to the United States, ‘Do I think Canadians won’t respond?” Ebby said in an interview with CBC Power and Politics The Prime Minister met this week in Huntsville, Ontario on Monday night.
“Obviously, Canadians are angry.”
When U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra spoke at the annual Pacific Northwest Economic Zone Foundation Summit in Bellevue, Washington, about Canadians avoiding U.S. travel and drinking.
Eby’s office reported to Canadian media the ambassador’s comment, which received audio from someone in the audience.
Ebby said in a statement that Hawkstra’s remarks suggest Canadians’ efforts to stand up for Trump are “making an impact” and he encourages people to “keep that.”
U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra said the president’s team has long made it clear that Canada’s digital service tax is a “red line” and stopped Canada from “back” of Canada and returned it to the front. Hoekstra claims Prime Minister Mark Carney described the 51st state comment as “a term for love.”
Representatives from the Hoekstra office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The ambassador answered a question from the conference hosts about what steps can be taken to make people travel again when Vancouver and Seattle are preparing to host the competition as part of next year’s FIFA World Cup.
President “going out alone”: EBY
“Canadians stay at home, it’s their business. I know. I don’t like it, but if that’s what they want to do, that’s great. They want to ban American alcohol. It’s great.”
“There is a reason why the president and his team call Canada mean and annoying because some of the steps are.”
Hoekstra added that he “if [he] think. ”
“We’re back and forth in Michigan, and when I come back they won’t check my car,” he said.
The Power Panel discussed the Prime Minister’s briefing on Canada-U.S. trade negotiations and the possibility of a deal including tariffs.
exist Power and PoliticsCanadians should “stay and keep the boundaries, but at the end of the day, we need to overcome that.”
The Prime Minister said he doesn’t think Americans will share the government’s position.
“What they said was ‘I’m sorry.’ We are friends, we are neighbors, we are Canadians’ feelings about everyday Americans, and I think the president is alone.
British Columbia is a province that bans selling U.S. alcohol from government-run stores after Trump’s huge tariffs on Canadian goods, a move prompting some Canadians to cancel their cross-border travel.
