‘Made-up quote’ in Canadian satire site The Beaverton fools Time Magazine

CBC: Time quoted 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.'”

Except Hoekstra didn’t say that — The Beaverton, a satirical news site in Canada akin to The Onion, made it up for this article titled, “US Ambassador threatens to tariff, annex, and bomb Canada if anti-American sentiment doesn’t improve…

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