Conservatives under fire after pulling 'Canadian Dream' video that may have shown Russian jets
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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An ironic Freudian slip coming from the Conservatives. I'm sure they'd just love to see MiGs and Sukhois over Ottawa, restoring the "traditional values" of homophobia and wife-beating.
Or the script came straight from Russia unedited. Hard to tell sometimes which is more likely
"He was looking kind of dumb with his finger and his thumb In the shape of an "L" on his forehead"
He ain't the sharpest tool in the shed. That's for sure. I think the world is gonna roll him. The ice is getting pretty thin, the water's warm. Do you think he can swim?
I did not consent to hearing smash-mouth in my head. Who do I report you to?
Milhouse.
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:
I think I'm beginning to understand how Trudeau keeps winning.
Russian fighter jets doing exercise sorties and soon after, they can be observed by a student in Kyiv? That's not too unlikely I suppose.
This has got to be a joke...
... It was a joke, right?
The Backlash as Canada conservatives’ ‘our home’ video features other countries Party deletes video after viewers list gaffes, including scenes of US, Serbia and Slovenia – plus Russian jets
No joke, and the story has legs internationally regrettably.
This isn’t 10 or 15 years ago when global stock video clips were just taking off standard resource in ad company toolboxes.
Good multicultural message too .... I actually saw the back of one young black man's head.
This has got be the most white nationalistic propaganda I've ever seen.
What is this ... 1935?
Don’t have to go back that far.
Fighter jets defending our country? From who? Are they going to shoot rent and grocery prices?
Defending us from the radical woke mind virus of course
Also, we already have new fighter jets being delivered as we speak. Like, that is literally the one thing the CAF does not need more of. PP has already said that he won't even try to meet our defence spending commitments, but now he wants to replace brand new, very expensive jets that we just bought?
A conservative media push revealed to have russian origins?
Hm. How unusual.
This is extremely funny, but also why is no one talking about how stupid PP looks in his white t-shirt and cowboy hat? Like, the dude looks like a male stripper.
No one who lives in the country dresses like that. A white t-shirt and hat are gonna be a brown t-shirt and hat by the time the day is over. Nothing that fucking pristine white has ever been within ten miles of a farm, or a ranch, or God forbid even a garage.
Even his rabid supporters have to realize he's cosplaying as someone who gives a shit right? Right?
If they can’t see it after that pandering piece of garbage…
If someone talked like that to try to get my support, and people have, my respect for them would plummet. I don’t like being talked to as if I’m some simpleton who’d fall for an easy trick. Even in the best case scenarios I’m still going to let go a “well that’s laying it on a bit thick there, buddy, take a chill pill.”
The cons have always cosplayed as human and their plebes haven't really cared it was an act.
He's gotta be the most unlikable and disingenuous guy that the conservative party has put forward in my lifetime, and that's saying a lot. At this point I am convinced they want to remain the opposition party, and are purposely throwing the elections by running with the absolute worst candidates in history. I can't even remember the past PC leaders cause once they lose they throw them in a pit and they vanish forever
Link to vid
The comment from the utube poster is priceless.
He reminds me of McMurray from LetterKenny
Poilievre's a piece of shit.
God, I just puked. Talk about rose coloured glasses
That should be the most insulting to anyone they’re targetting with that speech. How do none of them see how disgustingly dishonest and pandering that drivel is? And then he just has to toss in weird culture war shit about censorship that doesn’t happen? And what the fuck have Conservatives ever done to even treat people with drug addictions like people let alone actually help them?
But to my first point again: If a member of the target audience can’t see that for the pandering nonsense it is then they’re so far beyond it I genuinely do not know how sense could ever reach them. It’s gross.
umm, see "Trump".
I didn’t say there weren’t more, and worse, examples. All I was saying was that it was obvious and disgusting and that the people who fall for it are dumb as hell.
Jesus, lol.
What in the fuck.
This is so weird…
In your dream PP.
LOL what a loser, I saw the video, it's all part of youtube video from USA, Slovenia, etc, what a bunch of losers
Gotta hand it to the Cons. They are totally confident platforming from one of Canada's historically shameful, and outwardly cruel (Examples 1 2 3) “entertainment events” as if Canada needs to go backwards 100 years.
You think the people that commissioned this train wreck were careless, lacked attention to detail, and has so little over that it produced in a terminally putrid result?
Just take a moment to imagine how much they're going to fuck up if they get elected into positions of power.
What a bunch of woolgathering.
Was this produced by South Park? The Beaverton?
@girlfreddy we did sorta have the russian designed CF121 Stratocaster smuggled in and hidden at CYCH Chatham (now Miramichi) . but it was an april fools joke. Quite a few fell for it.
:wq