2026-07-05T14:48:37Z

Ambassador Hoekstra wants American booze back on Canadian shelves next year

Canada, just tell this #magat to stick it where the sun don't shine....
You don't have to put up with his interference, just deport him.
Remember, he wouldn't think twice about deporting you...

🇨🇦 ✊ 🤩 👍

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/us-ambassador-to-canada-july-4-party-speech-9.7259011

Ambassador Hoekstra wants American booze
back on Canadian shelves next year
Gordie Howe bridge, fighter jets part of Independence Day remarks with political message
a Ashley Burke - CBC News - Posted: Jul 04, 2026 7:14 PM PDT | Last Updated: 11 hours ago

A U.S. Air Force F-35 roared over the official residence of the U.S. ambassador to Canada on Saturday as part of an
Independence Day party marking 250 years of U.S. independence. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press)
U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra's speech at his Fourth of July party in Ottawa included a
political nudge aimed at Canada, with American F-35 fighter jets flying over the crowd and a comment
about some provinces’ bans on American booze.
Hoekstra set a goal on stage outside his official residence to get American liquor back on Canadian
shelves by his next Independence Day party.
"Next year, hopefully we can all take a toast of American bourbon legally in the province of Ontario,”
Hoekstra said. "And toast the friendship and the relationship between the United States and Canada.”
Canadian provinces began stripping American liquor off their shelves last year in an act of retaliation
against American tariffs. The U.S. has threatened to take action if American liquor sales don't resume
oon Canadian soil. It's one of the issues on the American's list of trade irritants.
Canada and Mexico delegations weren't able to get the U.S. this week to agree to renew the Canada-
U.S.-Mexico trade agreement for another 16 years — triggering an annual review process for the next
decade.

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