Blue Rodeo’s Greg Keelor says ‘Lake Ontario’ lyric now an anti-Trump rallying cry

Blue Rodeo frontman Greg Keelor had been considering what to say about Donald Trump all night. The Canadian band was about to perform their 1993 hit "Hasn't Hit Me Yet" during a show in Toronto, and Keelor realized the song's lyric "Out in the middle of Lake Ontario" could now serve as an anti-Trump rallying cry. As the band reached the song, Keelor urged the audience of around 16,000 people to sing "Lake Ontario" with full authority and ownership, accompanied by a map of the lake appearing on the screens behind them.

The moment resonated deeply with the audience, eliciting a powerful wave of emotion. Keelor expressed shock at the wave of emotion and emphasized that the name change is "insulting" and emblematic of Trump's broader pattern of behavior. For Keelor, the lake holds a mystical significance, predating countries and borders by thousands of years, and the controversy surrounding it has added to its symbolism.