Over 100,000 Canadians sign petition for the removal of US ambassador

A petition to strip U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra of his position is gaining steam in Canada after backlash over stances he took that critics say undermined Canadian-U.S. diplomatic relations. The Alberta-based petition to remove Hoekstra, President Donald Trump‘s ambassador to Canada, has gained over 100,000 signatures as of Thursday. Ottawa is expected to submit a…