Elon Musk said that “Canada is not a real country”, just one of his social media in the American neighbor.
But people in Canada have caused the real damage to the vehicles and MPs belonging to his company for an electric car Tesla, police reports.
More than 80 Teslas pierced tires and bodies scratched in a lot in Hamilton, Ontario, police announced on Thursday. In the United States, several works of vandalism against Tesla’s property have also been committed.
Hamilton, west of Toronto, is the heart of the Canadian industry for the production of steel and battle oil in a trade war in the country with the United States.
President Trump has imposed tariffs with steel and other Canadian products, and Canada responded by applying a 20.5 billion dollar of exports from the United States.
Mr. Trump also claimed that Canada had long “torn off” the United States and wanted to make it 51.
Canadians reacted to root protest, changing how shop,, travel and meditate About their relationship with the United States, the closest ally and a trading partner in the country. Even the nourished Canadian hockey legend of Wayne Gretzky not immune of anger Because of his silence about the actions taken by Mr. Trump, who is a friend.
Canadian provincial leaders have introduced their own measures to take revenge on tariffs, including the removal of US alcoholic products from alcoholic beverages and forbidden by US companies to apply for procurement contracts.
The Canadians also directed the anger towards Mr. Male, a businessman billionaire, who helps to lead the efforts of Mr. Trump to transform the Federal Government.
In Montreal on Wednesday, two members of the climate advocacy group called Last Generation Canada pulled out the Tesla MP in Pink Spray Paint on Wednesday, according to a statement published by the group.
The group announced that she had committed the act because she believed that Mr. Musk was “destroying democracy and a wider denial of the climate.”
Two members included in the episode were later arrested, authorities said.
Concerns of vandalism and protests led to the organizer of the recent car in Vancouver to exclude Tesla from the event.
“This decision will ensure that all participants can be focused solely on enjoying many positive elements of events,” said Eric Nicholl, the executive director of the show in a statement.
Tesla’s MPs in other Canadian cities, including Ottawa, have attracted angry protesters carrying signs.
Ontario, the most powerful province in Canada, canceled a contract worth $ 100 million, about $ 70 million, with Starlinka, a satellite internet companies owned by Mr. Musk.
Last month thousands of Canadians invited the Government to revoke Canadian citizenship and the passport of Mr. Musk petition It now has about 376,000 signatures.
