--- description: Burger King's acquisition of Tim Hortons, moving the headquarter's castle from America to Canada, has sparked serious social media backlash title: Burger King is getting blasted as "traitor" on social media for moving its HQ to Canada image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Fast Food](/tag/fast-food/) ## Fast Food Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Burger King Blasted as 'Traitor' for Deal That Would Move HQ to Canada by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 26, 2014 2:45 PM CUT by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 26, 2014 2:45 PM CUT Burger King’s [acquisition of Tim Hortons](http://time.com/3181624/burger-king-tim-hortons-merger/ "undefined"), announced Tuesday, would see the fast food giant move its headquarters from the United States to Canada if the deal goes through. That’s sparked some serious backlash on social media from critics dubbing the company a #traitor and #UnAmerican, as the company would likely wind up paying less in taxes if it were to reincorporate in the Great White North. Dave Geller, for one, [tweeted](https://twitter.com/KllrDave/status/503993874420088833 "undefined") that his followers should “order a Whopper w extra tax avoidance and a said of Traitor Tots” the next time they’re at Burger King: > [](https://twitter.com/KllrDave/status/503993874420088833) Geller is one of many protestors seeing the [Warren Buffett-assisted merger](http://time.com/3181699/warren-buffett-burger-king/ "undefined") as a means to [dodge U.S. taxes](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/25/burger-king-boycott%5Fn%5F5710695.html "undefined"): (Although Burger King would still have to pay American taxes on [domestic U.S. sales](http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-08-25/burger-king-may-move-to-canada-for-the-donuts "undefined").) > [](https://twitter.com/whitepants/status/504257771932753920) > [](https://twitter.com/NotJesseBrdford/status/504252226194653186) > [](https://twitter.com/G%5FKravitz/status/503907301841850370) > [](https://twitter.com/MiaFarrow/status/504268268748935168) Burger King’s Facebook has been flooded with negative comments as well. [A recent post](https://www.facebook.com/burgerking/photos/a.423940407619301.117022.134615383218473/928619323818071/?type=1 "undefined") on the fast food chain’s Facebook prompting followers to “Say yes to cookies,” for example, is being met with critical responses to “Say ‘NO’ to tax dodgers!” alongside calls for a boycott:  Burger King The days of an [ecstatic, chicken fries-loving social media frenzy](https://www.facebook.com/burgerking/photos/a.423940407619301.117022.134615383218473/928619323818071/?type=1&comment%5Fid=930001863679817&offset=0&total%5Fcomments=513 "undefined") has come to a close. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3181715/burger-king-tim-hortons-canada/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3181715/burger-king-tim-hortons-canada/"},"headline":"Burger King Blasted as 'Traitor' for Deal That Would Move HQ to Canada","datePublished":"2014-08-26T14:45:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:48:29.284Z","description":"\"Order a Whopper w extra tax avoidance and a said of Traitor Tots\"","url":"https://time.com/3181715/burger-king-tim-hortons-canada/","keywords":["Fast Food","Newsfeed","protest","facebook","Burger King"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/fast-food/","name":"Fast Food"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3181715/burger-king-tim-hortons-canada/","name":"Burger King Blasted as 'Traitor' for Deal That Would Move HQ to Canada"}}]}] ```