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QuoteQ: Mr. President, a number of Republicans have denounced your statement on Truth Social after the murder of Rob Reiner. Do you stand by that post?
Trump: Well, I wasn't a fan of his at all. He was a deranged person as far as Trump is concerned. He said he liked, he knew it was false. In fact, it's the exact opposite that I was, uh, a friend of Russia controlled by Russia. You know it was the Russia hoax, he was one of the people behind it. I think he hurt himself in career wise. He became like a deranged person, Trump derangement syndrome. So, I was not a fan of Rob Reiner at all in any way, shape or form. I thought he was very bad for our country.
QuoteLinguistic experts urge Carney government to stop using British spellings
Advocates say government should utilize (not 'utilise') Canadian English in official documents
Promoters of Canadian English say the federal government is sending the wrong message to the world with its recent use of British spelling in official documents.
In a letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney, five linguistics experts and an editors association representative say the simplest way to keep national elbows up is to get Canadian style down on the page.
The letter from Thursday, shared with The Canadian Press, notes the use of British spelling — such as utilisation, globalisation, catalyse (instead of utilization, globalization and catalyze) — in documents, including the 2025 federal budget.
Canadian spelling is used widely and fairly consistently in Canada — in book and magazine publishing, in newspapers and other media, and in the federal and provincial governments and their legislatures, the letter says.
"If governments start to use other systems for spelling, this could lead to confusion about which spelling is Canadian."
In addition, Canadian spelling is a vital element of the country's unique identity, the letter writers say.
Canadian spelling used since 1970s
The letter was signed by linguistics professors J.K. Chambers, Sandra Clarke, Stefan Dollinger and Sali Tagliamonte, Canadian English Dictionary editor-in-chief John Chew and Editors Canada president Kaitlin Littlechild.
They ask the Prime Minister's Office, the Canadian government and Parliament to stick to Canadian English spelling, "which is the spelling they consistently used from the 1970s to 2025."
The Prime Minister's Office did not provide a response to a CP request for comment on the letter.
Spelling is one aspect of Standard Canadian English, a distinctive national variety of English recognized by the Oxford English Dictionary, the letter says.
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