“By the way, Mr. Trump, please, before making public pronouncements that Wayne Gretzky should run for prime minister, give yourself or get yourself a briefing on the nature of parliamentary democracy: a Westminster parliamentary system and a constitutional monarchy where no one runs for prime minister.

“We have elections for members of Parliament. We don’t get to pick and choose among our billionaire friends for who gets a seat at the cabinet table. If they’re not an elected member of Parliament, well, the Canadian system is different from that of the United States of America.”

“You think we want to be the 51st state? Nah. But maybe California would like to be the 11th province,” she said, going on to add Oregon and Washington to that list.