The importance of honest attacks

Lying about your opponents can backfire, but that doesn't mean you can't get creative with the truth.

Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland tweeted a video of Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole early in the election campaign that was labelled 'manipulated media' by Twitter. The Conservatives should remind voters of that every time the Liberals attack them, writes Gerry Nicholls. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY GERRY NICHOLLS

September 1, 2021

OAKVILLE, ONT.—If you’re running the communications efforts of an election campaign you must never, ever lie about your opponents. That really should go without saying, right? After all, purposely spreading false information clearly violates one of the most basic norms of civilized discourse: T...

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