The most memorable meme of the recent Canadian election campaign emerged from the line outside an Ontario microbrewery, where an older Liberal Party supporter named Matt Janes flashed two middle fingers to protesters agitating against Prime Minister Mark Carney.
The obscenity went viral — with Janes becoming infamous as the Brantford Boomer — not just for its crass vulgarity, but for exposing the deep generational divide in Canada.
.@seanhannity on @FoxNews talks about how Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney threatens American companies with eco extremism and how Carney is threatening to shut down American social media and free speech in Canada.
Has anybody informed President Trump @realDonaldTrump about… pic.twitter.com/3LSck0E7Xz
— David Krayden (@DavidKrayden) May 7, 2025
