The Alberta-based petition to remove Pete Hoekstra, Washington’s ambassador to Canada, has gained over 100,000 signatures as of Thursday.

OTTAWA - Nearly 30,000 Canadians have signed a petition calling for U.S. President Donald Trump's representative in Ottawa to be kicked out of the country.

A petition set to be presented in the House of Commons this fall calls on the government to declare U.S. Aambassador Pete Hoekstra persona non grata and remove him from Canada.