OTTAWA—U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra hosted a celebration for his country’s 250th anniversary at his private residence in Ottawa on July 4, telling attendees the different stumbling blocks in the relationship with Canada will be resolved.
Hoekstra took the stage after Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques, who spoke of working closely with the U.S. side on space exploration.
“It is so symbolic of the relationship that we’ve had together, that there’s two countries that have had people fly to the moon and back: United States and Canada,” Hoekstra said, in reference to the recent Artemis II NASA mission involving Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen….