'Snowball's chance in hell' Canada will merge with US: Trudeau

The comments from Trudeau and Foreign Minister Melanie Joly followed the US President-elect's statement at a news conference about using "economic force" in pursuit of his unlikely plan for Canada to merge with the United States. "There isn't a snowball's chance in hell that Canada would become part of the United States," Trudeau reacted on X, while also highlighting close bilateral security and trade ties. Joly, meanwhile, accused Trump of showing with his remarks "a complete lack of understanding" of Canada.