Fact-checking Tucker Carlson’s anti-Canada rant

The MAGA influencer’s recent video commentary on life in Canada was a jumping-off point for a false and vicious attack against this country that only a bloviating bullshit artist could have uttered.

'Don’t underestimate the beaver, Tucker. It cuts down trees with his teeth,' writes Michael Harris about right-wing media personality Tucker Carlson's belief that the U.S. could invade Canada.Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Opinion

BY MICHAEL HARRIS

April 20, 2026

HALIFAX—It is easy to get whiplash trying to follow United States President Donald Trump’s violent and often contradictory outbursts.

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