FIRST READING: Another ‘elbows up’ celebrity swears allegiance to the U.S.

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Myers described giving a speech to his son about “what a great country this is,” and praised its “very strong ideals.”

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“I don’t take it lightly at all; it’s a very, very important thing to me,” he said.

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Singer-songwriter Neil Young issued an official endorsement of Carney in the 2025 election, describing him as the best hope for “our great country, Canada.”

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“I believe you are the person our country needs to lead us through this crazy situation and bring us out the other side as a stronger, smarter, more resilient Canada, our core values of caring and fairness and generosity intact, along with our souls,” he wrote.

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At the time, Young hadn’t lived full-time in Canada since 1966, save for a few lengthy stays at a vacation home outside Omemee, Ont., his childhood hometown.

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Just five years prior, Young had taken the U.S. citizenship oath, posting an image of himself saluting the U.S. flag and including the caption “I’m happy to report I’m in.”

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In an earlier era, it was hockey great Wayne Gretzky who was weighing in on the political situation of a country he hadn’t inhabited in several decades.

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At a rally during the 2015 election, Gretzky described then prime minister Stephen Harper as an “unreal prime minister” who had “been wonderful to all the country.”

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Gretzky hasn’t lived full-time in Canada since 1988, when he was traded from the Edmonton Oilers to the LA Kings. All five of his children were born in the U.S. and live there full time. Although, Gretzky himself has refused to obtain U.S. citizenship.

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“I never became an American citizen. I’m Canadian,” Gretzky said in a podcast interview last November, at the height of controversy that he had attended U.S. President Donald Trump’s 2025 inauguration.

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Which is not to say that there are not Canadian celebrities with large U.S. followings who have nevertheless decided to remain as full-time Canadian residents.

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Rush frontman Geddy Lee recently weighed in on the Toronto mayoral election, endorsing Brad Bradford, the centre-right challenger to incumbent Olivia Chow.

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Born in Toronto, Lee retains his primary residence in the city’s Rosedale neighbourhood. In his endorsement, Lee said Toronto was “changing, and not for the better.”

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Novelist Margaret Atwood also remains a full-time Toronto resident, even if her most notable work, The Handmaid’s Tale, retains its largest audience in the U.S.

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As does Drake; his $100-million Toronto mansion ranking as one of the most expensive private homes in the country.

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Rocker Bryan Adams, like Joni Mitchell and Mike Myers, has similarly met with Carney; the two had coffee in Thunder Bay, Ont., last month and were seen visiting the Terry Fox Monument together. It came only a few months after Adams released “51st State,” his protest song against Trump’s musings about Canada annexation.

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Although, unlike Carney’s other celebrity encounters, Adams didn’t have to cross the U.S. border for the occasion.

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According to 2012 profile, the Kingston-born musician lived full time in the Chelsea neighbourhood of London, U.K. Although he’s since settled in Vancouver, citing Brexit as his reason for leaving England.