Awareness is NOT our Canadian friends long-suit. And, IMO he has already demonstrated his ignorance level on many, many occasions round these parts.
But I quibble when I shouldn't as your post is precisely on point. Kudos for the lack of venom and low brow humor many of us engage in too often.
I'd bet money that no dictionary is employed by our northern "pal" though.
Folks don't tend to enjoy shaking their own preconceptions.
A Query that I've NEVER understood is why the "right" rags on "elites"??
Don't they know what elite means??