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Canada's former leader Chrétien has blunt advice for Trump: 'Give your head a shake!'

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President-elect Donald Trump's remarks that Canada should become the 51st state drew condemnation and a patriotic outburst.

Jean Chrétien , who was Canada ’s prime minister from 1993 to 2003 , joined a chorus of officials from the northern U.S. neighbor.

Canada would never agree to become part of the United States , he wrote in an article published in The Globe and Mail .