“Merchant of Mud” still emerged in American-style election ads: desperate for attention, Conservatives’ spots dished up negativity rarely seen in Canadian politics

When it came to campaign advertising, the 2000 federal election saw the major parties bring new firms on board, employ different strategies from the ones that they had used previously -- and, in some cases, get more aggressively negative than ever before.

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