Let 1993 election serve as a warning on attack ads, says Bloc’s Nadeau

In the 1993 election campaign, after the Tories experienced a slide in the polls under leader Kim Campbell, the party released attack ads on Liberal leader Jean Chrétien, but they backfired

The Conservatives risk a public backlash to their attack ads on Liberal Leader Stéphane Dion, Bloc Québécois MP Richard Nadeau says, pointing to the 1993 Tory attack ad gaffe as a warning.

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