Jason Kenney
Role at the time: Former Premier of Alberta and former Canadian minister of national defence, posting on X
Statement summary
Former Alberta premier and Canadian defence minister Jason Kenney wrote on X that, in the midst of what he called a hot war against a mortal enemy of the United States, the U.S. Secretary of War finds time to troll folks at a cadet camp for teenagers in Vernon, B.C. He asked his friends in the United States what was going on.
“In the midst of a hot war against a mortal enemy of the United States, the Secretary of War of the world’s only super power finds time to troll folks at a cadet camp for teenagers in Vernon, British Columbia To our many friends in the great United States of America: What’s going on?”
Why we used this label
The case asks whether Hegseth's post mocked Canadian cadets. Kenney wrote that, in the midst of what he called a hot war, the U.S. Secretary of War finds time to troll folks at a cadet camp for teenagers, and asked what was going on. That criticizes the post and describes it as trolling young people, so we labeled it Condemned.