Prime Minister Justin Trudeau holds a press conference after meeting with Gov. Gen. Mary Simon and triggering an election, at Rideau Hall in Ottawa on Aug 15, 2021. (The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick)
Tories are asking Elections Canada to investigate the tweet as a violation of the Canada Elections Act
by Isaac Teo
August 24, 2021
Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is defending a video posted by Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland that took aim at Conservative Party Leader Erin O’Toole’s position on universal health care, after it was flagged by Twitter as “manipulated media.”
In a campaign stop on Monday, Trudeau defended the video, which accuses O’Toole of “considering privatizing the health care system” in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, saying the video was posted “in its entirety.” The Conservatives have accused the Liberals of altering the video in order to misrepresent O’Toole’s views.
“What’s really important here is that in the middle of a pandemic, Erin O’Toole came out, unequivocally, in support of private health care in terms of for-profit health care,” Trudeau told reporters during his campaign at Dalhousie University in Halifax on Aug. 23. “We posted the entire interview in its entirety and I encourage all Canadians to take a look to see what Erin O’Toole has to say about what he sees on the future of healthcare.”
Freeland’s video posted in French and English on Aug. 22 shows a July 2020 Conservative Party Leadership race interview in which O’Toole was asked to answer whether he would allow provinces to experiment with providing private, for-profit and non-profit services inside of universal coverage.
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