Canada wildfires spark 'ecoterrorist' conspiracy theory

By Agence France-Presse

Jun 09, 2023 2:16 pm

MONTREAL: As Canada hurtles towards its worst wildfire season in history, a conspiracy theory has taken off online claiming environmentalists intentionally set some of the blazes.

'I bet a good portion of the wildfires raging across the country were started by green terrorists who want to give their climate change campaign a little boost,' Maxime Bernier, a former foreign minister-turned fringe party leader, said in a June 5 tweet.

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