Video taking off 12x its usual first day

From a Sherbrooke podium, Carney tells Musk that Canadians decide Canada's future

Under a 'Lower Bills. Greener Homes.' sign, the Prime Minister turned a question about Elon Musk's posts into a short statement on Quebec, language and foreign interference.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 278,065 views a day, 12 times a normal first day on this channel (23,022).

Carney responds to Elon Musk's support for Quebec sovereignty

Eight hours after it went up, CBC News' clip of Mark Carney in Sherbrooke, Que., had passed 134,000 views. A Short on the channel usually gathers far fewer than that in a whole first day.

The clip opens with Elon Musk's own posts on screen. In one, he says Quebec should separate. In another, he adds that Alberta and Saskatchewan should go too. Then it cuts to Carney at the podium. He never says Musk's name. "The future of Canada will be decided by Canadians," he says, and he lists his priorities: affordability, social justice and homelessness. He speaks of "a strong Quebec within a strong Canada," and of people living as they choose, with respect for their language and culture. He finishes on the line that gives the clip its edge: Canadians should be free from foreign governments "and large tech firms that think they can tell us what to do."

The setting is a reminder that he was in Sherbrooke on other business. The sign on his podium promises lower bills and greener homes. A day later, the channel posted a segment on Ottawa's new $2-billion heat pump rebate.

The unity question runs through the rest of CBC News' recent shelf as well. A Power & Politics roundtable takes up the challenge that Quebec's newly elected separatist government poses for Carney, with a separation referendum in Alberta approaching. Viewers also hit the like button far more often than usual, at roughly four times the pace a typical Short collects in its first day.

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The facts

Channel: CBC News
Subscribers: 4,770,000 ▲ 10,000 this week
Channel views, last 7 days: 20,095,588
Channel views, pace per day: 2,056,975 (on a normal day: 2,962,821)
Video published: October 8, 2026
Video views so far: 134,125 (less than a day online)
Video views, pace per day: 278,065

The numbers

A 40-second statement from a Quebec podium moved much faster than the channel's Shorts usually do.

the video's first day

usual first day here

23,022

this video

278,065

subscribers

4,770,000

▲ 10,000 in the last 7 days

total views

3,321,459,282

views per day

2,056,975

typical day: 2,962,821

the video

views

134,125

likes

1,378

days online

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

5,240,000

5,190,000

5,030,000

4,920,000

4,770,000

4,680,000

As of October 9, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.

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