Claim: Online posts claim that Canadian Minister of Defence Harjit Sajjan tweeted that "Whites 'have no place in Canada. His actual tweet referred to posters recently put up in multiple Canadian cities that declared, "It's okay to be white." In reference to the posters and the intentions of those behind them, Sajjan actually tweeted, "the racist undertones they represent have no place in Canada."
Fact-check: False controversy around Canadian defence minister's tweet
Verdict: fake
Organisation: AFP Fact Check
Author: Louis Baudoin-Laarman
Date published: 2024-04-17T16:44:09