‘EH!POCALYPSE NOW!’ Americans blame Canada as haze from northern fires continues

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TORONTO The New York Post’s front page headline screamed BLAME CANADA! The Boston Herald published Thanks Canada, and the front page of the Dallas Morning News said the United States was caught in a Canadian haze.

A thick and dangerous haze of wildfire smoke has hung over the daily lives of millions of people in the United States and Canada from more than 400 wildfires in Canada. Canadians aren’t used to attracting the attention of millions of Americans, let alone attracting their ire.

Americans were quick to laugh at the smoke-choked air that eerily sketched silhouettes in New York, Philadelphia and Washington.

The New York Post also used the title EH! POCALYPSE NOW in reference to the frequent use of the word Eh by Canadians and went on to say that it’s the unhealthiest thing to come out of Canada since poutine. Poutine is the popular dish north of the border of fries, cheese and gravy.

Sorry!, Canadian meteorologist Anthony Farnell tweeted in response to the Post’s headline.

American composer Marc Shaiman has rewritten his tongue-in-cheek song he co-wrote for the cartoon South Park, Blame Canada.

Blame Canada! Shame on Canada! For fog and smog, fire haze. The Ontario smoke that suffocates us, he sang.

Nelson Wiseman, a political scientist at the University of Toronto visiting upstate New York this week, said his wife heard an unusual theory from an American.

An American truck driver told my wife yesterday that the wildfires are the product of Canadians who care more about protecting wildlife than managing their forests, he said.

Daniel Bland, a professor of political science at McGill University in Montreal, said some people on social media have joked that Americans will finally know where Canada is on the map.

My comment to a friend was, they’re so excited they even managed to identify the provinces, said Robert Bothwell, a Canadian historian.

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