A man with roots in Halifax who writes for a Canadian satire site says it was very funny when a quote from his article on Canada/U.S. relations was used as fact in Time Magazine.
And a little scary.
Living in Ontario, Ian MacIntyre editor and writer at The Beaverton, wrote a piece that references a visit from U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra’s visit to the Halifax Chamber of Commerce.
Hoekstra had stressed disappointment in Canada’s reaction to President Donald Trump’s rhetoric when referring to our country becoming the 51st state.
To make light of the situation, MacIntyre wrote an article with a made-up quote from Hoekstra: “A Canada that it would be very easy to target with 500% steel tariffs, or one patriot missile aimed at Parliament Hill,’ he added, rather incredulously.”
The reference then made Time’s October 1 article.
MacIntyre tells Acadia News at The Beaverton; they write silly things and are not trying to trick anybody.
“A little scary that they could read that made up quote about the United States Ambassador bombing Canada and they’d be like… yeah that sounds real. That’s sounds like a thing,” says MacIntyre.
“A little scary where you think, Time magazine would have more resources than you can fathom and they would still make an error like this.”
Hitting home
The Beaverton has been in publication since 2010 and is much like The Onion based in America, poking fun at politics.
Growing up in Halifax, MacIntyre wanted to have his say after Hoekstra’s comments.
“When I saw he made that quote in the Halifax Chamber of Commerce, I was like extra angry. I was like, ‘How dare he two blocks away from pizza corner say these terrible things about Canada?’ I need to get my dig in,” says MacIntyre.
“He’s like a gruff little bulldog of a man. He’s not a guy you install in a position if you want diplomatic relationships to work. He’s there to troll us. That’s his entire job. So obviously, Trump loves him and puts him up there.”
So, MacIntyre says, he wrote a quote about Hoestrka threatening Parliament Hill with missiles if Canadians weren’t more friendly to the United States.
Trump
As for tackling tings from Trump, MacIntyre says, they tend to only write articles about laws he passes.
“This time, in Trump 2.0 we really tried to adopt a strategy of never write an article about Trump says X or Trump announces X, because almost always that’s an announcement he’s making that won’t come to pass. He’s just doing it to get a headline,” adds MacIntyre.
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