When it comes to Canada-U.S. relations, the Canadian side is a rudderless ship. There is no plan or strategy that the public can see; the PM is off in Asia as premiers across the country are freelancing, and a once stable relationship melts down.

On Monday night, as baseball fans turned their attention to the World Series, a gathering at the National Gallery in Ottawa that was supposed to celebrate the cross-border relationship turned sour.

Pete Hoekstra, Donald Trump’s ambassador to Canada, was seen tearing a strip off David Paterson, Ontario’s representative in Washington. It’s been described by those who witnessed it as a heated exchange, a one-way conversation, and yelling, with plenty of F-bombs.

It’s not known exactly what was said, but several who witnessed it said Hoekstra laid

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