Right at home in Canada: Tucker Carlson spews lies and hate in Alberta

Despite Carlson having no real political weight, it’s still disgusting that we now have a pro-Trump MAGA influencer being wildly applauded on Canadian soil as he tells Canadians how to run their country.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, left, had no problem lending her official stature to the barrage of insults and false accusations about Canada by right-wing provocateur Tucker Carlson, Les Whittington. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade and photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore/Flickr

Opinion

BY LES WHITTINGTON

February 7, 2024

OTTAWA—I think you have to go back to then-French president Charles de Gaulle’s “Vive le Quebec libre” exhortation in 1967 to find an example of a foreigner taking advantage of their welcome to Canada to insult Canadians the way Tucker Carlson did in Alberta...

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