Canada and the 2016 United States presidential election

So far Canada has played a very minor role in the upcoming US presidential election. However, it is playing an ongoing role in the 2016 Republican primaries.
Ted Cruz controversy
Republican candidate Ted Cruz was born in Canada and is a former citizen of Canada. Some legal scholars believe that he is not a natural born American, and as such, is not qualified to become president. Candidate Donald Trump believes the Democratic Party will pursue litigation should Cruz win the nomination.
Donald Trump
Several petitions, including one from Canadian advocacy group Leadnow, have called for Donald Trump to be banned from entering Canada. A similar petition in the United Kingdom prompted a debate in the British Parliament about whether to ban Trump in that country. The Leadnow petition, which condemns Trump's remarks against Muslims as "jaw-dropping and incredibly dangerous," has collected over 15,000 signatures. A poll by Insights West has found that most Canadians give Trump low marks, with 67 percent believing he would be "bad for Canada."
A survey of Trump-related Twitter posts by digital analysis firm Luminoso found that in August and September 2015 (shortly after Trump announced his White House bid), 4% of those tweets were from Americans threatening to move to another country if Trump won. Numerous American celebrities have also vowed to move to Canada in the event of Trump's election, including Raven Symoné, Rosie O'Donnell and Lena Dunham. A satirical Web site inviting anti-Trump Americans to move to the Nova Scotian island of Cape Breton has received so much traffic since going viral that the site's founder, Nova Scotian radio host Rob Calabrese, is now partnering with a nonprofit Cape Breton tourism board to respond to all the emails requesting more information.
Keystone XL
The GOP field is regarded as pro-Keystone XL.

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