President-elect Donald Trump mockingly referred to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as the governor of the 91裸聊视频淕reat State of Canada91裸聊视频� on his social media account early Tuesday.

Trump said in a taunting post on Truth Social it was a 91裸聊视频減leasure to have dinner91裸聊视频� with Trudeau at his Mar-a-Lago estate and that he looks forward to seeing the 91裸聊视频済overnor again soon91裸聊视频� to talk tariffs and trade, the 91裸聊视频渞esults of which will be truly spectacular for all.91裸聊视频�

Turns out, some Canadians think that91裸聊视频檚 not such a bad idea.

A new Leger poll suggests 13 per cent of Canadians would like the country to become the next U.S. state.

The demographic breakdowns show there91裸聊视频檚 higher support among men, at 19 per cent, compared with only seven per cent of women.

Conservative party supporters came in at 21 per cent, while one in 10 Liberal voters said they were in favour of the idea. The People91裸聊视频檚 Party of Canada showed the highest level of endorsement among the federal parties, at 25 per cent, while the NDP was the lowest at six per cent.

A full 82 per cent of respondents said they were opposed to the idea. People in the Atlantic provinces, women and Canadians over the age of 55 were least likely to support it.

91裸聊视频淚91裸聊视频檓 not shocked,91裸聊视频� said Andrew Enns, executive vice-president of central Canada at Leger. While it91裸聊视频檚 not a question he91裸聊视频檚 polled on before, since it91裸聊视频檚 not normal for U.S. presidents to openly muse about snatching up bordering countries as new states, the survey results follow some familiar patterns.

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Leger surveyed 1,520 people between Dec. 6 and Dec. 9, and the results do not have a margin of error since online polls aren91裸聊视频檛 considered truly random samples.

The survey was also done before Trump made his post on Tuesday. Enns said he suspects Trump doubling down on the comments will further shrink the already limited public support by pushing the joke past the point of comfort.

Immigration Minister Marc Miller expressed dismay when reporters asked him about it ahead of a federal cabinet meeting Tuesday.

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The provocative 1999 South Park animated film notably featured a song called 91裸聊视频淏lame Canada!91裸聊视频� about Americans scapegoating their northern neighbours for their own domestic problems.

Miller and other cabinet members have written off Trump91裸聊视频檚 comments as anything but serious.

91裸聊视频淐learly, he91裸聊视频檚 joking,91裸聊视频� Defence Minister Bill Blair said Tuesday. 91裸聊视频淲e91裸聊视频檙e a sovereign nation.91裸聊视频�

Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc attended Trudeau91裸聊视频檚 surprise dinner with Trump at Mar-a-Lago last month, which came soon after the president-elect threatened to impose a 25 per cent tariff on imports unless Canada beefs up its border.

LeBlanc has insisted Trump was only teasing when at the dinner he suggested he could make Canada the 51st U.S. State.

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Trump later shared a seemingly AI-generated image of himself standing on a mountain ridge with a Canadian flag planted in it, with the caption 91裸聊视频淥h Canada!91裸聊视频�

Trudeau has not matched that tone, warning in a talk on Monday that the steep tariffs Trump is bandying about would be devastating for the Canadian economy. He described Trump91裸聊视频檚 approach as an attempt to destabilize negotiating partners by introducing a bit of chaos.

Trudeau blew past the TV cameras on his way into Tuesday91裸聊视频檚 cabinet meeting without stopping to talk to reporters.

Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, meanwhile, deflected questions about whether she thinks Trump is serious about taking over her country.

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