Liberals take aim at Harper’s decision to shutter Parliament with pointed ads
Liberals take aim at Harper’s decision to shutter Parliament with pointed ads
Chris Dornan, Director of the Arthur Kroeger College of Public Affairs, comments on Liberal ad campaign against Harper.
Byline: Jim Bronskill
Publication: New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal
Date: Monday January 11th, 2010
OTTAWA – Michael Ignatieff’s Liberals are going on the offensive, rolling out ads that accuse Stephen Harper of putting Parliament on ice to cover up Canada’s handling of Afghan detainees.
The Grit ad blitz follows a slew of editorials chastising the Conservatives and the emergence of an online group of some 140,000 Canadians who oppose Harper’s decision to shut down Parliament until early March.
“They’re trying to tap into an anger that does actually exist in the land,” said Chris Dornan, a journalism professor and director of the Arthur Kroeger College of Public Affairs at Carleton University in Ottawa.
“There is a good deal of discontent about this political calculation on the part of the prime minister.”