CLAIM: A picture reveals a Fb put up by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau saying that folks ought to keep away from texting and speaking on the cellphone with unvaccinated family and friends and “do all the things you'll be able to to make life troublesome for them till they comply.”
AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. The put up was fabricated. The message doesn't seem on Trudeau’s social media accounts, and his workplace confirmed to The Related Press that it isn't actual.
THE FACTS: A manipulated picture made to appear to be a put up from the verified Fb account of Canada’s prime minister is circulating broadly throughout social media after a convoy of truckers descended on the nation’s capital to protest vaccine necessities.
The three-paragraph put up says the convoy “must cease” as a result of it's “dividing Canada” and goes on to say, “Everybody is aware of I'm the Prime-Minister that's about unity and inclusion.”
“Please assist do your half to make this cease,” the fabricated put up continues. “If in case you have household or buddies that also haven’t been vaccinated, don't enable them to household dinners, don't converse to them on the cellphone, don't reply to their texts. You should do all the things you'll be able to to make life troublesome for them till they comply.”
The ultimate paragraph of the put up highlights Quebec Premier Francois Legault’s transfer to require vaccines at big-box shops within the province, and tells folks to do their half.
The put up racked up hundreds of retweets on Twitter, with customers claiming Trudeau posted and later deleted it. However it doesn’t characterize any actual put up from Trudeau, his workplace confirmed to the AP on Wednesday.
An AP overview of Trudeau’s social media accounts, together with his verified Fb account, discovered no proof of a put up matching the picture. There’s additionally no proof of any posts encouraging folks to keep away from texting or calling unvaccinated buddies or household.
The put up’s language additionally didn’t match the model of different posts from Trudeau. For instance, the put up purports to point out Trudeau labeling himself as a “Prime-Minister” however his workplace doesn't embrace the hyphen in its communications.
Trudeau has shared a number of authentic responses to the trucker convoy on his social media accounts, together with a put up acknowledging the pandemic is irritating whereas condemning “the conduct displayed by some folks protesting in our nation’s capital.”
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks throughout a press convention in Ottawa on Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022. (THE CANADIAN PRESS / Sean Kilpatrick)
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