Trump's comment about Canada becoming US state is not funny anymore, Canadian leaders say

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Trump's comment about Canada becoming US state is not funny anymore, Canadian leaders say
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Canada's finance minister says U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s comments that Canada should become the 51st state are no longer a joke and are meant to undermine America’s closest ally and major trading partner. Dominic LeBlanc is also Canada's point person for U.S-Canada relations.

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Canadian Immigration Minister Marc Miller also fired back, dismissing Trump’s comments as “ridiculous.” “I don’t know who is misinforming him,” Ontario Premier Doug Ford said. “Right now we ship 4.3 million barrels of crude oil into the U.S. 60 percent of their energy imports are coming from Canada.”

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