LILLEY: Trudeau wants to fight disinformation while spreading it liberally cdnpoli
This week, the prime minister stood in the House and told an outright lie while his government accused the Conservative opposition of fearmongering.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary SUN, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails. Postmedia Network Inc.
The Webley & Scott Wild Fowl gun is an old British shotgun used for hunting waterfowl. It’s not even made anymore and is more likely to be spotted in an episode of The Crown or Downton Abbey than at any Canadian crime scene. This is specifically a hunting shotgun that the government is banning to stop crime while claiming they are not banning hunting rifles or shotguns. It’s not the only example, there are hundreds more just like it — guns used for hunting or predator control on farms that have no history of crime use in Canada. But, says Justin Trudeau, they aren’t going after hunters.
If the government will lie this blatantly, do we really want them deciding what is or is not disinformation? All governments lie, it’s in their nature, but few do it with this level of bravado. Normally, government lies come in the form of obscuring the truth, using their army of spin doctors to massage a message or only reveal part of the truth.Article content
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