Canadas election offers fodder for US right-wing influencers [Video]

Right-wing US personalities who helped propel Donald Trump’s 2024 electoral win have weighed in on Canada’s upcoming election, with at-times misleading warnings about a range of political issues, including immigration.

These media figures often hold up Canada as a case study of a nation where core values like free speech are being purged, with arguments that often cite flawed evidence but may have reached a segment of voters ahead of Monday’s election, experts said.

Charlie Kirk — a US conservative activist and Trump ally — recently invited the leader of Canada’s far-right People’s Party, Maxime Bernier, on his show to talk about immigration.

Bernier, whose fringe party has no seats in parliament, told Kirk that foreigners moving to Canada amounted to “replacement theory in action,” referring to a conspiracy theory that talks about a plot to replace white people with immigrants.

Meanwhile, top podcaster Joe Rogan has claimed Canadians cannot …