{"id":2639590,"date":"2026-08-03T10:38:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T14:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/canadian-left-complains-that-harry-potter-promotion-is-transphobic-at-beloved-coffee-chain-named-for-hockey-player-who-died-while-drunk-driving\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T10:44:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T14:44:35","slug":"canadian-left-complains-that-harry-potter-promotion-is-transphobic-at-beloved-coffee-chain-named-for-hockey-player-who-died-while-drunk-driving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/canadian-left-complains-that-harry-potter-promotion-is-transphobic-at-beloved-coffee-chain-named-for-hockey-player-who-died-while-drunk-driving\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian Left Complains That &#8216;Harry Potter&#8217; Promotion is Transphobic &#8211; At Beloved Coffee Chain Named for Hockey Player Who Died While Drunk Driving"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">46<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcanadian-left-complains-that-harry-potter-promotion-is-transphobic-at-beloved-coffee-chain-named-for-hockey-player-who-died-while-drunk-driving%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2639590&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/americans-held-hostage-by-hamas\/\" title=\"Americans Held Hostage by Hamas\">provided content appears<\/a> to be a webpage with hidden or expandable content accessed through a &#8220;Read more&#8230;&#8221; button. The hidden section contains a lengthy, satirical article criticizing certain aspects of Canadian culture, social attitudes, and figures. It discusses Canadians&#8217; perceived sensitivity to microaggressions, their use of inclusive language, and their reactions to various cultural topics, including a controversy over a Tim Hortons Harry Potter promotion. The article humorously points out inconsistencies and oversights within Canadian society, such as focusing protests on Rowling&#8217;s views while ignoring more serious issues like Tim Hortons&#8217; founder&#8217;s troubled history. It also mentions tim Horton\u2019s tragic death, linking it sarcastically to the current protests, primarily emphasizing the contrast between superficial cultural battles and more critically important social problems. The tone is critically humorous, highlighting what the author perceives as misplaced priorities and hypocrisy in Canadian social and political discourse.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Canadians, as you know, are folks (or, alternatively, \u201cfolx\u201d) who are deeply sensitive to microaggressions.<\/p>\n<p>They don\u2019t call it \u201cmankind,\u201d they call it \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-justin-trudeaus-eye-rolling-correction-woman-uses-word-mankind\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">peoplekind<\/a>.\u201d They made sure to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dr-jordan-peterson-officially-moved-us-left-woke-canada-behind\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">chase Dr. Jordan Peterson<\/a> out of academia and then out of the country once he decided the truth was worth standing up for. And they don\u2019t just call it LGBT, they call it 2SLGBTQ+. If you don\u2019t say every letter of the acronym, you\u2019re committing microgenocide, just so you know. Thanks, eh?<\/p>\n<p>In that vein, the Canadian left is very upset that its biggest homegrown food and beverage chain is having a \u201cHarry Potter\u201d promotion, calling it \u201ctransphobic\u201d since author J.K. Rowling believes that men are men and women are women. Thus, they\u2019re boycotting the chain now \u2014 a chain which has been named after a hockey player who died in a car crash while driving at twice the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-cops-pull-dozens-of-truck-drivers-from-roads-including-illegal-aliens-with-literally-no-name\/\" title=\"Florida Cops Pull Dozens of Truck Drivers from Roads - Including Illegal Aliens With &#039;Literally No Name&#039;\">legal alcohol limit<\/a> under the influence of drugs, as well.<\/p>\n<p>Gotta have priorities.<\/p>\n<p>From the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/tim-hortons-harry-potter-jk-rowling-9.7287100\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Canadian Broadcasting Corporation<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>The reaction online is, perhaps, not as magical as Tim Hortons had hoped.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>But when the coffee chain announced its new Harry Potter menu and merchandise on Monday \u2014 a celebration of the \u201cbeloved\u201d movie franchise\u2019s 25th anniversary, according to the company\u2019s press release \u2014 the backlash from the 2SLGBTQ+ community and allies was swift.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cAs a brand that is synonymous with Canada, Tim\u00a0Hortons\u00a0and their partnerships should reflect Canada \u2014 a country that is inclusive and proud of its diversity,\u201d advocacy group Egale Canada said in an online statement Tuesday.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Yes, the coffee-and-donuts chain, which has over 4,000 locations across Canada, is introducing a line of donuts and drinks to mark the 25th anniversary of \u201cHarry Potter and the Sorcerer\u2019s Stone\u201d hitting theaters. You can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news.timhortons.ca\/en\/articles\/to-celebrate-back-to-hogwarts--tim-hortons--is-launching-a-harry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">have<\/a> a \u201cGolden Snitch Timbit\u201d (a \u201cTimbit\u201d being like Timmy\u2019s version of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dunkin-donuts-exec-just-thrilled-every-conservative-sick-liberal-starbucks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dunkin\u2019 Donuts<\/a> Munchkin), a Gryffindor Strawberry Cheesecake Donut, or a Forbidden Forest Iced Tea Quencher.<\/p>\n<p>Even I think this is too dorky and I\u2019ve been to an anime convention, but I digress \u2014 because you know what most dorks who haven\u2019t discovered the realities of the world yet seem to love? Getting all angry about microaggressions, of course! (Or \u201c<em>bien s\u00fbr!\u201d <\/em>if you\u2019re <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/air-canada-ceo-crash-not-offering-condolences-second-language\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Quebecois<\/a>; sorry for <em>that<\/em> microaggression.)<\/p>\n<p>And boy, were Tim-lovers everywhere in Canada \u2014 from eh to shining eh \u2014 upset about this one.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m an employee of Tim Hortons. I\u2019m also transgender. You are actively hurting many of your employees including myself,\u201d one person wrote in response to the Potter promotion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChoosing donuts over the safety of trans people is certainly a choice. What a terrible f***ing thing to do,\u201d another said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis really hurt more than most. How can one person\u2019s hateful voice carry this far?\u201d a third wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Author Rowan Jette Knox wrote that this was \u201cabout as un-Canadian as it gets,\u201d calling <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jk-rowling-goes-scorched-earth-kid-transing-woke-libs-worse-lobotomies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rowling<\/a> a woman \u201cknown as much lately for her transphobia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And to top it all off, the term \u201cTERF-Hortons\u201d was trending \u2014 which, in lefty terms, is a slur for women that stands for \u201ctrans-exclusionary radical feminists.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Actually, \u201cTERF-Hortons\u201d or \u201cJ.K. Rowling\u2019s\u201d should both be less offensive than \u201cTim Horton\u2019s.\u201d See, it turns out that \u201ca brand that is synonymous with Canada\u201d is named for a guy who wasn\u2019t really so nice.<\/p>\n<p>Tim Horton was a defenseman who was best known for his years with the Toronto Maple Leafs in the NHL. He\u2019s also an NHL Hall of Famer who helped found the chain starting in Hamilton, Ontario, back in 1964. But 10 years later, playing out the end of his career with the Buffalo Sabres, he would die in a one-car accident in the early morning of Feb. 21, 1974.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019re probably not going to be surprised why. From the Rochester, New York <a href=\"https:\/\/www.democratandchronicle.com\/story\/sports\/2024\/02\/20\/tim-horton-hockey-player-cause-of-death-car-crash-coffee-donuts-chain-united-states-canada\/72513165007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Democrat &#038; Chronicle<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>The police and the coroner\u2019s office did not speak publicly about what may have caused the accident, and the official autopsy report was never released. One reason is that no other vehicles were involved and no charges needed to be filed, but there was also speculation that the authorities did not want to  details in an effort to avoid tarnishing Horton\u2019s name. So the long-held assumption was that excessive speed was the cause of the accident.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>However, the autopsy report became available when Ontario\u2019s 30-year privacy exemption expired, and it was obtained in 2005 by the Ottawa Citizen newspaper through a Freedom of Information request to the Ontario government.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>It revealed that Horton had a blood alcohol level almost twice Canada\u2019s legal limit, and there were traces of Dexamyl, a prescription drug that combined an amphetamine with the barbiturate amobarbital, and another amphetamine, Dexedrine, though they were both within \u201cusual therapeutic levels.\u201d There was also a bottle of vodka found at the scene<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>At least he had the luck, if you want to call it that, to die alone, if just for his and the chain\u2019s reputation. This is one extra victim and a moral hop, skip, and a jump away from \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trumps-social-media-joke-hilariously-ties-barack-obama-oj-simpson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">O.J. Simpson\u2019s<\/a> Juice Jamboree.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But that\u2019s not what people in Canada are incensed about. No, it\u2019s a woman who has an opinion about whether a man can become a woman, contra nature. Forget about the guy who died while he was going at over 100 miles per hour with booze and drugs in his system; he built \u201ca brand that is synonymous with Canada.\u201d We know the real problem \u2014 those darn <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/pride-group-founder-hounded-jk-rowling-men-womens-sports-now-jail-child-sex-crimes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TERFs<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>You really do have to hand it to leftist Canuckistan when it comes to picking what to protest and what\u2019s quintessentially Canadian: If it weren\u2019t for bad standards, they would have no standards at all.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey == typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts = { \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs = [ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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