Campaign Ads

• Campaign ads on social media can bring awareness, Manitoba prof says

  According to a marketing professor at the University of Manitoba, there are thousands of potential voters to be won over on social media.

  Politics

  Sep 28, 2023
  
• ANALYSIS: New negative ads from the Liberals an admission it’s a tight race

  The Liberals unleashed a trio of TV ads Saturday attacking the Conservatives - and the Conservatives fired right back with a pair of their own hours later.

  Politics

  Sep 4, 2021
  
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• Prepare for the ad war: Campaigns to ramp up spending in order to establish ballot question

  The longest election campaign in modern Canadian history hits the midway point this week and political parties are ramping up their advertising wars.

  Politics

  Sep 10, 2015
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• Canadian broadcast journalists determined to limit reuse of political coverage in partisan ads

  The Conservatives released an online attack ad this week using footage from a CBC interview without permission from the broadcaster. The CBC has issued the following statement about the use of broadcast footage in political ads.

  Canada

  Jun 26, 2015
• HarperPAC shuts down shortly after forming

  Third-party political ads may look like any other, but the difference is who's behind them.

  Canada

  Jun 25, 2015
• Olivia Chow monster truck attack ad targets Rob Ford’s return

  The Olivia Chow campaign has released two new radio ads taking direct aim at Rob Ford just days before he leaves a Muskoka-area rehab facility and returns to campaigning and work at city hall.

  Politics

  Jun 23, 2014
• Ontario election: OPP union launches 2 ads aimed at PC leader Tim Hudak

  The union representing Ontario’s police officers has released two attack ads aimed directly at Tim Hudak and the Progressive Conservatives.

  Politics

  Jun 2, 2014
• Ontario election: How would you rate these political ads?

  30 second political ads have started to flood the commercial breaks of your favourite shows in Ontario (don’t you wish you’d used your PVR?). Do you know what makes a good ad? Globalnews.ca explains.

  Politics

  May 22, 2014
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• Reality check: Dissecting the claims of campaign ads

  The NDP attacked the Liberals; the Liberals attacked the Tories; the Tories focused on their jobs plan. But the statements made in each ad, despite their tone, may not be entirely true.

  Politics

  May 21, 2014