Attack Ads
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Raptors telecast to be thick with political advertising as duelling groups attack Trudeau, ScheerAds during the NBA Finals are expected to reach an audience of some 10 million or more Canadians.PoliticsJun 10, 2019
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Bill Kelly: Here come the federal election attack adsThe frequency of political attack ads targeting politicians like Andrew Scheer may be irritating, but Bill Kelly says the greater concern should be their content and tone.BlogsJun 10, 2019
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Roy Green: Nothing novel about political attack adsPolitical attack ads are an inevitable and expected component of any election, Roy Green says.CommentaryMay 3, 2019
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Mayor Bowman denounces police association ad as ‘fear-mongering’Mayor Brian Bowman is firing back at a Winnipeg Police Association ad that claims the city's 9-1-1 service isn't fully staffed.PoliticsSep 5, 2018
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Bill Kelly: Let the Ontario election campaign mudslinging beginAttack ads don't bother to tell us why we should vote for a particular candidate, but instead, tell us why we should hate their opponent.BlogsApr 16, 2018
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NOTEBOOK: In 240 Facebook ads, the Conservatives take aim at 16 Liberal MPsThursday morning on Facebook, the Conservative Party of Canada were running 247 ads, 240 of which single out 16 different Liberal MPs over what the Tories call "Trudeau's values test." By contrast, the Liberals were running just 25 and the NDP only four.CanadaMar 22, 2018
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Mulcair and Trudeau say they will not respond to attack adsFederal Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau says he will not respond in kind to a Conservative party ad campaign that attacks his foreign policies and warns that "he's just not ready".CanadaJul 4, 2015
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PR campaign puts Uber under attack on multiple frontsUber, the controversial ridesharing company, is the target of attacks from multiple PR campaigns launched by members of the Canadian taxi industry.May 27, 2015
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‘It’s continued anger and negativity’: Premier Prentice on attack adsAlberta Premier Jim Prentice says it's bad form for the Opposition Wildrose party to run attack ads against him during his byelection campaign because he's a party leader.PoliticsOct 17, 2014
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Ford releases attack ads aimed at ToryDoug Ford says he released a slate of new attack ads to make sure voters knew John Tory’s record.PoliticsSep 30, 2014
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