{"id":54329,"date":"2015-07-06T00:05:28","date_gmt":"2015-07-05T16:05:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=54329"},"modified":"2015-07-06T00:05:28","modified_gmt":"2015-07-05T16:05:28","slug":"mulcair-and-trudeau-just-not-ready-to-retaliate-to-negative-conservative-ads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/07\/06\/mulcair-and-trudeau-just-not-ready-to-retaliate-to-negative-conservative-ads\/","title":{"rendered":"Mulcair and Trudeau ‘just not ready’ to retaliate to negative Conservative ads"},"content":{"rendered":"
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CALGARY — Federal Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau says he will not respond in kind to a Conservative party ad campaign that attacks his foreign policies and warns that “he’s just not ready.”<\/p>\n

One ad attacks Trudeau’s foreign policy position on ISIS and Iraq where he said he would end the ISIS combat mission and restore relations with Iran.<\/p>\n

Another shows a multi-ethnic panel discussing Trudeau as if he were being evaluated for a job.<\/p>\n

A woman says “I’m not saying no forever, but not now” before a voiceover adds “Justin Trudeau — he’s just not ready.”<\/p>\n

“The idea of a major political party, let alone the party in government, using terrorism as a way to gain votes in an advertisement for political advantage is incredibly distasteful to put it mildly,” said Trudeau at a Stampede event in Calgary.<\/p>\n

Trudeau, NDP boss Tom Mulcair and Prime Minister Stephen Harper took turns flipping flapjacks at Calgary’s largest Stampede pancake breakfast Saturday morning.<\/p>\n

He said it is unfortunate that there are plenty of pundits and political scientists out there that agree that negative advertising campaigns do work during an election campaign.<\/p>\n

“Certainly there’s evidence to suggest you can scare people into voting one way or another or bring up negative feelings in that way. But I am extremely comfortable in saying there is a different way of doing that and I know there’s a certain risk involved in it because I am not putting a tool in our toolkit,” he added.<\/p>\n

Trudeau said there are some in his party who would like to see Liberal ads exploit some of the Conservative government’s weaknesses after 10 years in office.<\/p>\n

“I won’t be talking about beards or hair. I will be talking about different visions for this country and I think that’s something that Canadians both appreciate and get.”<\/p>\n

Despite a surge in popularity in recent polls, Mulcair has been exempt from being targeted in any Conservative ads.<\/p>\n

“They’re going to use whatever lines they want but I actually have a track record as a good, competent public administrator — it must be why they tried to recruit me back then,” Mulcair said with a chuckle Saturday.<\/p>\n

“I guess it’s a bit hard for them that their only complaint against me is they tried to recruit me but I turned them down.”<\/p>\n

Mulcair was once approached by the Conservative government to work as an environmental adviser to Harper.<\/p>\n

He said even if new ads were to target the NDP he won’t be doing anything except engaging in a “robust campaign.”<\/p>\n

“Even if it were to come I won’t respond in kind. That doesn’t mean I won’t have a robust debate,” Mulcair said.<\/p>\n

“We can compare policies and compare track records. I’m not the type to have ever wanted to get involved in that sort of negative approach,” he said.<\/p>\n

“The personal stuff == that’s just not my cup of tea. I don’t go down that street.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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