Garnett Genuis
Role at the time: Member of the Canadian Parliament
Challenged the characterization
Response to this claim
The people shown were participants in a youth cadet program, and the cadets themselves were not members of the Canadian military.
“Cadets do great work, and are not members of the military.”
Open source (opens in a new tab)Pentagon defends Hegseth's post about Canadian cadet programParagraphs describing the original post, Pentagon response, and Garnett Genuis response.
Canadian Press report preserving the original post, the Pentagon's limited response, and political context about the Canadian cadet program and military relationship.
Why we used this label
The response challenges the factual characterization implied by using the cadet image to comment on Canadian military capability.