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Conservatives under fire after pulling 'Canadian Dream' video that may have shown Russian jets (www.ctvnews.ca)
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The Conservative Party of Canada has deleted a video that was meant to promote its Canadian values but featured images of what the Defence Minister's office says are Russian fighter jets.

The party acknowledged on Monday that mistakes happen, while also pointing out that the Liberals have dealt with a stock image backlash in the past.

The video in question was posted by the party on X on Saturday with the slogan "Canada. Our Home" and featured a speech delivered by leader Pierre Poilievre from the Calgary Stampede.

In the video, Poilievre describes a Canadian man driving on a highway on his way to work after dropping off his kid at school, and spots a brand new fighter jet in the sky.

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[–] swordgeek@lemmy.ca 50 points 2 months ago (4 children)

First off, there's no "may have." They were Russian jets, undeniably.

Immediately after that scene was a white student at Kyiv Polytechnik.

Scenes from Serbia, the US, and many other countries made up the rest of the video.

Also:

  • The family (in Tuscany) celebrating ten years of sobriety for one son by...drinking.
  • Dad pulling away in his pickup truck after dropping his kids off at school...when the kids JUST GOT OFF A SCHOOL BUS!
  • the fields of headless "barley or canola"
[–] anachronist@midwest.social 16 points 2 months ago

I think I'm beginning to understand how Trudeau keeps winning.

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