Canada’s ambassador to France says Trump’s sovereignty threats could violate international law [Video]

Canada’s ambassador to France says he’s against U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to take over Greenland, saying “in order to respect international law, you don’t threaten your neighbours by invasion.” 

Stéphane Dion, who is also the special envoy to Europe and the European Union, says threatening a country’s sovereignty is not “normal”. Trump is also continuing to push for Canada to become America’s 51st state. 

“You know that according to international law it’s not only to invade a neighbour that’s against international law in the charter of the UN, it is to threaten,” he said. “So we’re against that.”

Dion spoke to journalists at Canada’s Embassy in Paris the morning after Trump threatened to impose a 25 per cent tariff on all countries’ aluminum and steel entering the U.S., including its biggest supplier: Canada. 

Dion said the Canadian government would respond if the Trump administration makes it official in writing …