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O total de assinaturas, até o sábado, ultrapassou 171. 000, muito além das 500 necessárias para que o pedido seja discutido antes do legislativo do Canadá.
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The effort underscores the simmering discontent in Canada with the administration of US President Donald Trump.
The petition accuses Hoekstra of “repeatedly making public statements undermining Canada-US diplomatic relations”.
Hoekstra defendeu a promessa de Trump de tornar o Canadá o "51º" estado dos EUA, e no ano passado, ele acusou funcionários canadenses de tentarem interferir nas eleições dos EUA.
Those remarks came in response to advertisements funded by the Ontario government criticising Trump’s tariff policies, which have disproportionately targeted Canada.
Hoekstra warned that Canada cannot “expect that there will be no consequences or reaction” from the US following the ads.
The petition also pointed to reported ties between Hoekstra and the founder of an application used by separatists in Calgary to rally support for their movement.
Hoekstra has previously denied any ties between the Trump administration and the separatists.
The petition makes three demands of the Canadian government. First, it calls on the House of Commons to “formally declare Pete Hoekstra persona non grata and request his removal as US Ambassador to Canada”.
Second, it pushes for cross-border talks on “the pattern of conduct by Ambassador Hoekstra inconsistent with the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations”, a 1961 international treaty on diplomacy.
A terceira exigência é que o governo canadense "direcione um comitê parlamentar para revisar a interferência diplomática dos EUA nos assuntos domésticos canadenses.
The petition was authorised by Elizabeth May, the leader of the Green Party and its only current member in the House of Commons, after being put forward by Calgary resident Leanne Walker.
In Canada, any citizen can organise a petition for an issue to be addressed by the House of Commons. Residents and citizens must provide their province and territory and postal code, as well as a phone number, to participate in the petition.
Such petitions can stay open for up to 120 days. The petition to expel Hoekstra was introduced on July 21.
Reaching the 500-signature threshold requires that the issue be brought before the House of Commons, which must give an official response within 45 days.
A petição, no entanto, é não vinculativa, e permanece incerto quanto ao alcance que ela teria entre os membros do Parlamento do Canadá.
Still, the mass of signatures is the latest indication of entrenched discontent in Canada towards Trump’s policies, which include a push to assert greater US influence over the entire Western Hemisphere.
In recent months alone, several areas of friction have emerged. In July, Trump imposed new 50 percent tariffs on certain Canadian goods, claiming “discriminatory treatment” in trade relations.
In response, Canada cancelled a celebration ceremony for the new Gordie Howe International Bridge, which links Windsor, Ontario, with Detroit, Michigan. The bridge’s opening was itself cast in doubt, after Trump pushed for a greater US stake in the project, undertaken by Michigan and Canada.
Trump also threatened more tariffs last month in response to wildfires across Canada, blaming it for poor air quality south of the border.
Uma pesquisa da Pew Research em junho constatou que a visão dos canadenses sobre os EUA como um parceiro confiável havia despencado.
In 2022, 83 percent of Canadians rated the US as reliable. By 2026, just 35 percent held that view. The same poll found that 16 percent of Canadians in 2022 explicitly rated the US as “not reliable”.
That proportion climbed to 65 percent this year.
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Informação baseada em material público de Al Jazeera, reescrito pela redação ULTRA NOTÍCIAS.
