Tories on the Attack

The recent television ads produced by the Conservative Party of Canada have received mixed reviews. But for all debate over whether these ads are a positive or negative contribution to Canadian politics, I have heard little opinion about parallels between these ads and their American counterparts.

It’s not that political attack ads are anything new in Canada, but this time the ads are running outside an election.

Of all the ways that the Conservative government could have ushered in the political tenor for 2007, they chose to speak first with campaign-style attack ads. This says a lot about the kind of political dialog preferred by the Harper administration. Or, at the very least, it suggests where they perceive the winter session of parliament is headed.

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This post was written by alevo.