Blue Rodeo's 1993 song "Hasn't Hit Me Yet" has become an unexpected symbol of Canadian defiance after US President Donald Trump signed an executive order to rename Lake Ontario to "Lake America" amid escalating trade tensions. During the Toronto band's annual hometown show at RBC Amphitheatre on 29 August, frontman Greg Keelor asked the 16,000-strong crowd to sing the song's "Lake Ontario" lyric with "full authority and ownership", turning a routine concert moment into a pointed political statement without the band needing to directly criticise Trump.

Keelor told Canadian Press he chose the song over an angrier verbal response, believing "the song would do the work" once the audience reached the key line, accompanied by a map highlighting "Lake Ontario" displayed on screens behind the band. Clips of the performance went viral, with Keelor saying the crowd's emotional reaction was unexpected and has given the song "a different meaning now". Other artists including JoJo and Iron Maiden also spoke out against the renaming during Toronto shows that weekend, while Lake Ontario's name remains unchanged on Canadian maps despite reportedly being altered to "Lake America" on Google Maps in the US.