Unions, centre-left interests start anti-Harper Ad Campaign

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You won't hear much "outrage" with the attacks coming from the Left. That said, it's a slippery slope if government were to try to inhibit messaging by banning attack ads in some fashion through legislation - it has the very real potential to inhibit free speech. With fixed election dates, I might be inclined to push the spending limits back to cover say, 4 or 5 months prior to the election. I'd also really like to see each commercial/attack ad preceded by......The following advertisement is brought to you on behalf of "The Public Sector Unions of Canada" (for example).......not some sped-up afterthought at the end, or some euphemism like "Working Families Coalition".

What free speech? Attack ads are bought and paid for, there's nothing free about them. Heck even we shell out money and pay for the privilege to hear it.

I think it's fair that the public know exactly who is sending the message.

Me too, and by the very same token I think in-camera un-monitored lobbying of public officials and senior civil servants should be outlawed.