Canadian official Dominic LeBlanc criticized President-elect Trump’s “51st state” remarks Wednesday, saying they were no longer funny. “The joke is over,” said LeBlanc, Canada’s finance and

Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc said Wednesday that U.S. president-elect Donald Trump’s assertions that Canada should become the 51st state should be taken seriously, after he initially dismissed them as a joke.

Canadian leaders have strongly rejected U.S. President-elect Donald Trumps suggestion that Canada become the 51st U.S. state. Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc dismissed the remarks as “counterproductive,

Canada's Finance Minister, Dominic LeBlanc, said Trump's rhetoric about Canada becoming the 51st U.S. state is "becoming very counterproductive."

OTTAWA — Canada should not overreact to U.S. president-elect Donald Trump's comments about annexing Canada, but should still take them seriously, several federal cabinet ministers said Wednesday.

Claudia Sheinbaum gave a sarcastic history lesson to the president-elect, while Canada has also hit back at comments about it becoming the 51st US state.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced plans to resign after calls increased for his ouster over his handling of economic policies.

U.S. president-elect Donald Trump was sentenced Friday to no punishment in his historic hush money case, a judgment that lets him return to the White House unencumbered by the threat of a jail term or a fine.

Canada is looking at putting retaliatory tariffs on American orange juice, toilets and some steel products if U.S. President-elect Donald Trump follows through with his threat to impose 25% tariffs on all Canadian products, a senior official familiar with the matter said Thursday.

Some Liberal MPs are pressing Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc to change his mind and run for the party leadership.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Canada's premiers will meet in Ottawa Jan. 15 to finalize a plan to respond to tariff threats from U.S.