Aaron Gunn – Bringing US Extremism to Canada

Since 2016 — the year Donald Trump was first elected — Aaron Gunn has been an active voice online.

But in nearly a decade of public statements, he has never once directly criticized Trump.

Instead, he praises Trump's allies like Vladimir Putin and Elon Musk, while regularly attacking Canadian leadership. Whose side is he really on?

In 2021, Aaron Gunn attempted to run for the leadership of the BC Liberal party but was unanimously disqualified on account of his extreme views. Why is his US-style extremism now being embraced by Pierre Poilievre and the Federal Conservative party?

Aaron Gunn's Misstatements on Residential Schools

In 2020, Aaron Gunn publicly denied that Canada's residential school system constituted genocide, stating: “There was no genocide. Stop lying to people and read a book.”

This comment directly contradicts findings from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, which documented residential schools as a government-sponsored system designed to eliminate Indigenous cultures and languages — what it identified as cultural genocide.

Gunn's denial has been condemned by Indigenous leaders and survivors, who emphasize the need for recognition, accountability, and education on the harms caused by residential schools.

“There was no genocide. Stop lying to people and read a book.”