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The Conservative Party of Canada has deleted a video that was meant to promote its Canadian values but featured images of what the Defence Minister's office says are Russian fighter jets.

The party acknowledged on Monday that mistakes happen, while also pointing out that the Liberals have dealt with a stock image backlash in the past.

The video in question was posted by the party on X on Saturday with the slogan "Canada. Our Home" and featured a speech delivered by leader Pierre Poilievre from the Calgary Stampede.

In the video, Poilievre describes a Canadian man driving on a highway on his way to work after dropping off his kid at school, and spots a brand new fighter jet in the sky.

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[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 73 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

An ironic Freudian slip coming from the Conservatives. I'm sure they'd just love to see MiGs and Sukhois over Ottawa, restoring the "traditional values" of homophobia and wife-beating.

[–] osaerisxero@kbin.melroy.org 41 points 4 months ago

Or the script came straight from Russia unedited. Hard to tell sometimes which is more likely

[–] girlfreddy@lemmy.ca 56 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

"They're doing a training mission in the sky, getting ready to defend our home and native land," Poilievre said.

"He was looking kind of dumb with his finger and his thumb In the shape of an "L" on his forehead"

[–] anachronist@midwest.social 10 points 4 months ago

He ain't the sharpest tool in the shed. That's for sure. I think the world is gonna roll him. The ice is getting pretty thin, the water's warm. Do you think he can swim?

[–] FunderPants@lemmy.ca 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I did not consent to hearing smash-mouth in my head. Who do I report you to?

[–] girlfreddy@lemmy.ca 11 points 4 months ago
[–] swordgeek@lemmy.ca 50 points 4 months ago (3 children)

First off, there's no "may have." They were Russian jets, undeniably.

Immediately after that scene was a white student at Kyiv Polytechnik.

Scenes from Serbia, the US, and many other countries made up the rest of the video.

Also:

  • The family (in Tuscany) celebrating ten years of sobriety for one son by...drinking.
  • Dad pulling away in his pickup truck after dropping his kids off at school...when the kids JUST GOT OFF A SCHOOL BUS!
  • the fields of headless "barley or canola"
[–] anachronist@midwest.social 16 points 4 months ago

I think I'm beginning to understand how Trudeau keeps winning.

[–] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

This has got to be a joke...

... It was a joke, right?

[–] StillPaisleyCat@startrek.website 14 points 4 months ago

The Backlash as Canada conservatives’ ‘our home’ video features other countries Party deletes video after viewers list gaffes, including scenes of US, Serbia and Slovenia – plus Russian jets

No joke, and the story has legs internationally regrettably.

This isn’t 10 or 15 years ago when global stock video clips were just taking off standard resource in ad company toolboxes.

[–] Schmuppes@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Russian fighter jets doing exercise sorties and soon after, they can be observed by a student in Kyiv? That's not too unlikely I suppose.

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 43 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Good multicultural message too .... I actually saw the back of one young black man's head.

This has got be the most white nationalistic propaganda I've ever seen.

What is this ... 1935?

[–] zqwzzle@lemmy.ca 16 points 4 months ago

Don’t have to go back that far.

[–] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 31 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Fighter jets defending our country? From who? Are they going to shoot rent and grocery prices?

[–] LaserTurboShark69@sh.itjust.works 22 points 4 months ago

Defending us from the radical woke mind virus of course

[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 months ago

Also, we already have new fighter jets being delivered as we speak. Like, that is literally the one thing the CAF does not need more of. PP has already said that he won't even try to meet our defence spending commitments, but now he wants to replace brand new, very expensive jets that we just bought?

[–] pubquiz@lemmy.world 19 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

More alt-right babble, fantasy, and mythologizing. Looks like the plan would be to normalize "accidental" image use across the spectrum and normalize the sight of foreign, far-right powers openly violating norms. When the ~~domestic terrorists~~, errrr, ummm, cuntservatives do it, people will be numb to it and simply accept ii.

Not likely, L'il PP, you'll have to be more subtle if you want to overthrow democracy; learn from your American betters: this process can take years, even decades. Why, it even with state authority to gerrymander and suppress voters, it took them over 15 years to subjugate the SCOTUS, and fill it with enough bribable (Thomas, Roberts) and pliable (Gorsuch, Coney-Barrett and Cry-baby Kavanaugh) stooges that they could start cancelling laws they felt were to humanist and compassionate.

THAT's the time scale, PP, not an election cycle. Look long term. /s

[–] dogsnest@lemmy.world 19 points 4 months ago (6 children)
[–] girlfreddy@lemmy.ca 16 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The comment from the utube poster is priceless.

Pierre's creepy wish.com "It's Morning in America" ad because he's a creepy weirdo. Saving this for when he eventually deletes it off twitter.

[–] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

He reminds me of McMurray from LetterKenny

[–] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Poilievre's a piece of shit.

[–] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)
[–] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 9 points 4 months ago

God, I just puked. Talk about rose coloured glasses

[–] Soup@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That should be the most insulting to anyone they’re targetting with that speech. How do none of them see how disgustingly dishonest and pandering that drivel is? And then he just has to toss in weird culture war shit about censorship that doesn’t happen? And what the fuck have Conservatives ever done to even treat people with drug addictions like people let alone actually help them?

But to my first point again: If a member of the target audience can’t see that for the pandering nonsense it is then they’re so far beyond it I genuinely do not know how sense could ever reach them. It’s gross.

[–] dogsnest@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] Soup@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I didn’t say there weren’t more, and worse, examples. All I was saying was that it was obvious and disgusting and that the people who fall for it are dumb as hell.

[–] FunderPants@lemmy.ca 6 points 4 months ago

Jesus, lol.

[–] Bwilder@lemmy.ca 6 points 4 months ago

What in the fuck.

[–] jakob22@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

This is so weird…

[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 19 points 4 months ago (2 children)

This is extremely funny, but also why is no one talking about how stupid PP looks in his white t-shirt and cowboy hat? Like, the dude looks like a male stripper.

No one who lives in the country dresses like that. A white t-shirt and hat are gonna be a brown t-shirt and hat by the time the day is over. Nothing that fucking pristine white has ever been within ten miles of a farm, or a ranch, or God forbid even a garage.

[–] whoisearth@lemmy.ca 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Even his rabid supporters have to realize he's cosplaying as someone who gives a shit right? Right?

[–] Soup@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

If they can’t see it after that pandering piece of garbage…

If someone talked like that to try to get my support, and people have, my respect for them would plummet. I don’t like being talked to as if I’m some simpleton who’d fall for an easy trick. Even in the best case scenarios I’m still going to let go a “well that’s laying it on a bit thick there, buddy, take a chill pill.”

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 months ago

The cons have always cosplayed as human and their plebes haven't really cared it was an act.

[–] Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

He's gotta be the most unlikable and disingenuous guy that the conservative party has put forward in my lifetime, and that's saying a lot. At this point I am convinced they want to remain the opposition party, and are purposely throwing the elections by running with the absolute worst candidates in history. I can't even remember the past PC leaders cause once they lose they throw them in a pit and they vanish forever

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 18 points 4 months ago

A conservative media push revealed to have russian origins?

Hm. How unusual.

[–] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 14 points 4 months ago

In your dream PP.

[–] pbjamm@beehaw.org 13 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Even without the added Russian jets and foreign establishing shots that speech was embarrassing. Really going all in on American style flag humping "patriotism".

[–] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 12 points 4 months ago

featured a speech delivered by leader Pierre Poilievre from the Calgary Stampede.

Gotta hand it to the Cons. They are totally confident platforming from one of Canada's historically shameful, and outwardly cruel (Examples 1 2 3) “entertainment events” as if Canada needs to go backwards 100 years.

[–] Magister@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago

LOL what a loser, I saw the video, it's all part of youtube video from USA, Slovenia, etc, what a bunch of losers

[–] AnotherDirtyAnglo@lemmy.ca 10 points 4 months ago

You think the people that commissioned this train wreck were careless, lacked attention to detail, and has so little over that it produced in a terminally putrid result?

Just take a moment to imagine how much they're going to fuck up if they get elected into positions of power.

[–] Mammothmothman@lemmy.ca 8 points 4 months ago

What a bunch of woolgathering.

[–] nik282000@lemmy.ca 7 points 4 months ago

Was this produced by South Park? The Beaverton?

[–] sparky57@mastodon.social 3 points 4 months ago

@girlfreddy we did sorta have the russian designed CF121 Stratocaster smuggled in and hidden at CYCH Chatham (now Miramichi) . but it was an april fools joke. Quite a few fell for it.

:wq