Television Ads

[August1991]

You can see the Liberal TV ads here. (Three in English, very good.) Or in French here. (Three boring ads here - Martin headshots.)

The Liberal ads load slowly.

While you wait, you can see the Conservative ads here. (Four in Englsih, two in French.) The two French ads are remarkable. Check out the second one, with the bicycle. They are good ads, but they won't work.

The NDP has nothing. The BQ has mp3 files, even a dumb jingle, here.

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IMV, the English Liberal ads are very good - much better than the Conservative English ads.

Speaking as a partisan, it is too bad the Tories didn't adopt the Liberal approach, drop the leader and go with ordinary quotes.

Now with this child care policy announcement, maybe the Tories could use some Tide testimonials - yet somehow connected to Harper. [Mary in Winnipeg: "I have to be honest, I wasn't comfortable with Stephen Harper. But as a stay-at-home Mom, that money will help me and I believe Stephen Harper will make sure I get the money. That's important to me."]

The French Liberal ads are Martin head shots that will accomplish nothing.

The French Tory ads are radical. They aim to the BQ vote in a way the Liberals could never do. They can only be run if the Tories are doing well in cross-Canada polls and appear to have a chance to form a government. The first French ad with the woman will get you clicking, until you get the point. Smart, but totally out of synch with public perception. The second, with the bicycle, is just, well, good. But as Nixon said about the lira, "there ain't a vote in it."

I still think the only way the Conservatives would ever succeed in Quebec is if Harper made a deal with, say, Dumont, and then gave him the money and the campaign. That's what Mackenzie King did.

[newbie]

Thanks for posting that August. I'm glad to see that neither party was in the attack mode in these commercials. Maybe that's for later. But I kind of agree with you re Liberal ads vs. CPC, and it is nice to see Harper not venting.

[August1991]

NDP English TV ads here. (Two, Layton talking head, anti-Liberal.) And one in French here. (Layton's French is not bad!)

[shoop]

Dumont urged Québecois to vote Conservative in 2004. I have seen him speak, seems like a good leader. If the CPC can make a *tiny* breakthrough here they might be able to persuade him to jump to the Federal arena.

I still think the only way the Conservatives would ever succeed in Quebec is if Harper made a deal with, say, Dumont, and then gave him the money and the campaign.  That's what Mackenzie King did.

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[scribblet]

I'd like to see the CPC do an ad similar to the 'hands in the pocket' one about banks, but I imagine it would be a copywright infringement.

[August1991]

Great new NDP TV ad here.

(Although I have to disagree with the ad's content.)

[scribblet]

Great new NDP TV ad here.

(Although I have to disagree with the ad's content.)

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Guess they couldn't use 'the finger' instead of the boot