Time has come to legislate all political advertising 365 days a year

This fall, Twitter and Facebook advertising influence will probably outstrip the combined effect of radio and television.

After the Liberals announced an end to single-use plastic, the prime minister posted a staff meeting photo on Twitter on June 24 where plastic forks were included in the pizza lunch. Just last week @CanadaProud offered a $1,000 reward on Twitter to anyone who could snap a photo of the prime minister sipping from a plastic straw.Photograph courtesy of Twitter

Opinion

BY SHEILA COPPS

July 1, 2019

OTTAWA—Twitter received kudos last week for finally announcing the suspension of political advertising during the summer. The social media feed was late to that party, having been publicly scolded by Democratic Reform Minister Karina Gould for its silence on recent government legislation limiting...

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