“It’s not every day the richest man comes through,” he said. “That’s gonna be a tough one to top.”<\/p>\n
Carter says the common belief is Musk was passing through on his way to a property off the coast owned by James Murdoch, the son of media mogul Rupert Murdoch. The Globe and Mail reported in 2017 that the younger Murdoch had purchased a property for recreational use off the B.C. coast<\/a>\u00a0due to his love of the area. He is also a board member of Tesla, where Musk serves as CEO.<\/p>\n CBC News has reached out to Tesla for comment.<\/p>\n Musk a Canadian citizen<\/p>\n Tesla CEO Elon Musk boards Air Force One with U.S. President Donald Trump (not pictured) as they depart for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown, New Jersey, on March 22, 2025. (Nathan Howard\/Reuters)<\/p>\n An online service which tracks a private jet belonging to Musk shows the craft landed in Vancouver late Friday night and left Monday afternoon. Those times align with photos provided to CBC News, which show Musk arriving in Bella Coola\u00a0on Saturday and leaving on Monday.<\/p>\n Musk, who was born in South Africa, is a Canadian citizen through his mother, Maye Musk, who was born in Regina. As a teenager, he moved to Canada, where he says he lived and worked in Saskatchewan and Vancouver before studying at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ont.<\/p>\n Earlier this year, he was the subject of\u00a0a petition calling on the Canadian government to revoke his citizenship<\/a> due to his role in Trump’s White House, as the U.S. president was ramping up rhetoric about using a trade war to make Canada a state.<\/p>\n In B.C., Premier David Eby excluded Tesla products from its electric\u00a0vehicle charger rebate program in response to U.S. tariffs, stating, “It’s just for Tesla and it’s because of Elon Musk.”<\/p>\n Multiple Canadian municipalities and government agencies have also been re-evaluating their relationship with X<\/a>, citing Musk’s politics. Meanwhile, many rural communities have signed on to use Musk’s satellite internet Starlink service to help provide connectivity in remote areas.<\/p>\n Musk has shared differing views on Canada over the years.<\/p>\n In 2023, he posted a picture of himself wearing an I Love Canada T-shirt and later that year\u00a0posted a message stating, “I’m proudly half-Canadian.” But in February 2025, in response to the petition to revoke his citizenship, he posted “Canada is not a real country,” which he later deleted.<\/p>\n![\"Tesla](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/74084cb37868d0d37ecfb9f53504b58f.jpeg\"\/)
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