I had not bothered looking into Falun Gong before but this video is a really good summary.
Please bare with the vacuous liberal anti-CCP stuff. If anything it makes the video more accessible to those needing to hear its core message.
If anyone has seen a better video on this topic please post in the comments.
I thought is was kinda odd and distracting, but then I've never been to Canada.
Reminded me of how many overeducated Blacks have reclaimed 'axe' pronunciation to oppose prescriptivist bigotry.
Although this can't be entirely similar because it seems the real Canadian pronunciation is 'aboat' but even that is uncommon.
It could be more of a gimmick than a bit, he could be trying to seem like a uniquely Canadian voice for outsiders.
And his whole shtick is country stereotypes, so that might be all there is to it.
Something something death of the author.