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With all eyes on the well-choreographed visit between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and President Donald Trump, Canadians are ready to shoot down at least one candidate who’s been floated as the next American ambassador to this country.

If it were up to us — which it’s not since ambassadors are political appointees of the president — Canadians would not offer the position to former Alaska governor Sarah Palin, a new poll shows. According to 1,500 respondents to a Mainstreet Research poll, just 11 per cent of Canadians would welcome Palin as ambassador.

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Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani is the most popular choice at 21 per cent, followed by former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich at 16 per cent, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney at 13 per cent, Senator Ted Cruz at 9 per cent, Michigan governor Rick Snyder at 7 per cent and New Jersey governor Chris Christie at 6 per cent.

Twelve per cent of respondents preferred someone else and five per cent were undecided. But if Palin is looking for a Canadian audience, she’d have better luck in the Prairies, where 15 per cent supported her, or B.C., where her support ticked up to 13 per cent.