Historica, Conservatives both come out okay in Heritage Minute dust-up

The party got a load of free advertising, while the heritage group got a chance to remind people of its mission.

An image from the parody Heritage Minute ad the Conservatives released on the weekend, in its initial changed form, after blowback from the maker of the historical ads. Screengrab courtesy of the CBC

Opinion

BY TIM POWERS

February 6, 2019

You could be forgiven if those old Heritage Minutes, seen most often on that dated medium of television, had slipped into the recesses of your mind. Not unlike the vintage National Film Board vignettes, my personal favourite being The Log Driver’s Waltz, these stories generate some warmth...

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