Rome, March 17 (LaPresse) – Kirsten Hillman, Canada's Ambassador to the United States, stated on Sunday that her country takes its sovereignty "seriously," as President Trump seems steadfast in his ambitions to make Canada the 51st state of the U.S. In an interview with Fox News Sunday, the host asked whether Canada's new prime minister, former central banker Mark Carney, had not yet befriended Trump due to the U.S. president's comments about possibly making Canada the 51st state. "I think we take our sovereignty seriously. We take seriously the will of Canadians, and over 91% of Canadians are not interested in a discussion about joining the United States," Hillman said. "So I think he takes that seriously. And this is not an affront to the president, and it’s not an affront to the American people," she continued. "It’s an expression of our patriotism and our sense of who we are as a country."
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