Negative Ads in Canadian Politics

As election day approaches, Canadians will be deluged by negative ads. But which ones succeed? And which ones backfire?
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[@KeatrithAmakiir]

I have always been opposed to negative ads. Instead of trying to make everyone else look bad why not say what you would do right and stand behind your platform?

[@imperator3515]

Because voters don't care about that.

[@HVACSoldier]

@Ramadan Steve It’s sad that it has to be that way.

[@evanshiong3557]

1:24 One prime minister stands up for another.

[@tylerkochman1007]

Cut off the best line, though, of Chrétien's remarks, "It's true, that I speak on one side of my mouth. I'm not a Tory, I don't speak on both sides of my mouth."

[@doomguym7299]

Jean Chretien was the freaking Best! Nobody messed with him.

[@commonsenserevolutionx1053]

Doomguy M you are right man....jean cretin was a FREAK!!!!! I like the face...like ...did he do this naturally....scary as hell!

[@Jay-vr9ir]

Freak , yes he was.

[@aleksisdignard1675]

@@commonsenserevolutionx1053 he has Bell's Palsy

[@ThomasTHEONEANDONLY]

I’m an American who loves Canadian politics and I am certain that if the negative ad against Jean in 1993 had never been aired, the Liberal Party would have only achieved a minority government.

[@idk3759]

I really doubt that

[@HVACSoldier]

In 1993 Kim Campbell went from Prime Minister, to unemployed. Her party went from majority status to TWO seats, in Parliament. Some say that attack ad hurt the Progressive Conservative Party.

[@searchingfortao]

Love Elizabeth May's "peace sign" right at the end there.

[@coffee1313bean]

+Daniel Quinn It's the best part of this video!

[@MrMoon-cg2yy]

+Daniel Quinn Usually she uses just the middle finger and tells some one to fuck off...she's a charmer:-)

[@chrisrye5]

$50 million of our taxex went to the "Just Not Ready" ads and for what? The conservatives got their asses kicked

[@lbram8440]

And he is still not ready...

[@Callsign_Prophet]

Lol not now

[@arthurpaliden1496]

Get a history book about politics in Canada since confederation. Negative advertising has always been there. And yes some of it was even worse.

[@crhu319]

The "first past the post" plurality electoral system guarantees negative campaigns. With multiple parties, especially, a suppressed vote not cast for your chief rival is effective, but selling people on positive ideas may well send them to another party which is making a similar (but better) promise.

[@dimehigh]

Funny yet very educational video, thanks for sharing it with us Canadians.

[@brycemcneil4404]

4:40 This is why timing is important when it comes to attack ads. The 1988 campaign was proof-positive. The PCs had the lead in the polls, lost the lead in the debate but then went in on Turner more specifically with a few weeks to go. Enough time to regain the lead and not enough time for the Liberals to re-swing the tide. The 2015 Conservative campaign was a clear e.g. of organizational fatigue. They'd beat the drum of individualized leader attack ads from 2007 onward (from Dion to Iggy to Trudeau) and when it stopped working the way they were used to it working, they resorted to some attempts that seemed pretty desperate to an undecided voter in the waning weeks.

[@RealUlrichLeland]

Im so glad political ads like these are all but banned in the UK. Obviously the public need some way of getting to know the candidates, but it's far more informative for them to learn about them from debates and their manifesto. Constant dung slinging and election fatigue will only discourage voters, exacerbate political polarization and hinder civilised discourse.

[@notquiteatory971]

The Canadian Parliament is Americans with a British political system

[@bradysim8617]

Chretien only waited his whole life for the right time to deliver that classic

[@badmongo0]

May just got my vote for those final seconds

[@Andre-nb4ex]

When they run negative ads it's because their scared and want you to be too

[@psithurism241]

“If the parties realize the potential here, they might try to use it,” - Daniel Stockemer nice hair tho

[@WORLD8NSH5KNIGHT1]

The PC (Progressive Conservative) party.... issuing a very un-PC ad!

[@junkboxxxxxx]

Conservatives seem to dwell in the darkness of people's personalities.

[@muftiharits]

0:36 That chord with the vintage TV lines was somehow horrifying

[@AllRequired]

Let's see how he does this year.

[@candienshuet]

Funny how all the attack ads are only from the conservative

[@RiffJam71]

The very first one was from an American Democrat.

[@roder51]

Which one?

[@DuffyElmer]

It's a biased selection, see the Atlantic for a compilation that includes both sides: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gpTNdphvnNp4f6M

[@Callsign_Prophet]

Johnson was liberal

[@LinA-it9vd]

So funny. I guess some people don’t read . What a mess they made of our country.

[@pedroper859]

Wuau....yo siempre tuve una imagen positiva de la política canadiense, pero ese comercial burlandose de la parálisis de ese político, es lo más bajo q vi en mi vida

[@user-rr2wv8sb2j]

I don't think anyone listens to these outdated political ads

[@jkkj8912]

political ads should be not allowed since they play with our emotion most and those kind of technic are used for mass control they are design as *military weapon* cambridge analytica ..

[@mrmrsdascavich4049]

There should be no negative ads. Quit wasting money on this, its a game and they play with our money. Its like watching kids fight in the school yard. GROW UP!

[@liamcdm3689]

6:25 And that's how you defeat a Conservative!

[@markramkhelawan1580]

Cbc = the ministry of truth

[@KingOfInsanity777]

Classic liberal BS

[@johngilmour8945]

The Federal, Provincial, and Municipal Governments, should begin drafting Legislation, that would render a politicians home, and private property, a refuge, and that their personal electronics, be determined as strictly private, and protected from any, and all political Protesting agenda's from any field!

[@Lvlaple4Ever]

I see that CBC was even biased back then. Harper really should've defended them.

[@TheHollandHS]

Justin Trudeau He is way over its head ✨

[@Crushbra]

Young Castro

[@MrRoundwound]

Trudeau is his own negative ad

[@njam101]

And yet he keeps being re-elected.

[@liambaron6229]

@@njam101 womp womp leave already

[@njam101]

@@liambaron6229 He's still PM.

[@canemcave]

that Trudeau is a disgrace of mankind

[@frederiquezug5938]

Hurricane after hurricane slams in to the USA. BILLIONS and BILLIONS dollars of damage. ALL CAUSED BY JUSTIN TRUDEAU for his failure to meet the Paris accord carbon reduction levels. It has come to our attention the USA is going to SUE Canada for all of the damage caused by Justin's failure to meet the CLIMATE CHANGE reductions Trudeau’s increased regulations and the carbon tax are pushing jobs and investment out of Canada and into the United States, while ripping money out of the pockets of taxpayers. And yet, the US is reducing emissions without a carbon tax and while reducing regulations. So now the USA will ask for all of the CARBON TAX money Justin has collected. www.spencerfernando.com/2018/07/17/paris-accord-fail-in-2017-co2-emissions-fell-in-the-us-while-surging-nearly-20-million-tons-in-canada/

[@Starwarsfan1253]

@@frederiquezug5938 Dude no offense but you are crazy.

[@frederiquezug5938]

@@Starwarsfan1253 Sorry Paris Accord. US Economy Grows While Reducing C02 Emissions kzbin.info/www/bejne/l6O7YZesfpKiZ80

[@frederiquezug5938]

@@Starwarsfan1253 Why is Pres. Trump's America the only country in the world SAVING THE WORLD and not PAYING CARBON TAX? www.eesi.org/articles/view/u.s.-leads-in-greenhouse-gas-reductions-but-some-states-are-falling-behind

[@frederiquezug5938]

www.spencerfernando.com/2018/07/17/paris-accord-fail-in-2017-co2-emissions-fell-in-the-us-while-surging-nearly-20-million-tons-in-canada/

[@edwardspence-fo8vt]

Piare Polieve for prime minister

[@garychynne1377]

vote maxime bernier ppc 2019.

[@gabemossman5955]

no

[@arctic_shadow578]

I'd prefer veterans coalition party

[@substanceabusee]

This was awful. Defund CBC

[@Vote.conservatives]

Vote for Trudeau 2024