Video of Brampton man clearing snow with lawnmower goes viral: ‘Not the best, the brightest’

A brief video showing a Brampton man using a regular lawnmower to clear snow from his driveway has gone viral on Canadian social media.The clip shows a man pushing an electric or gas push lawn mower back and forth over thin ice and snow in a residential driveway. The lawnmower blade spins, but mostly to disperse the wet snow instead of clearing it cleanly, and some footage shows sparks or little progress. Multiple cars and a townhouse-style residence are seen in the background.The post was spread by journalist Chris Brunet, who wrote: “A video of a Brampton man using a lawn mower to clear snow from his driveway has gone viral on Canadian social media.” It racked up hundreds of likes, retweets and quotes within hours. Other accounts like @RTNToronto shared similar versions, saying “someone literally used a lawn mower to clear snow/ice in Brampton.”Some conservative influencers and accounts claimed that the man in the viral video was an Indian immigrant. They also called on the Canadian government to allocate hundreds of thousands of such personnel across the country. However, no reliable source claimed that the man who was clearing the snow and ice with a lawnmower was Indian.