Tory operatives crash Ignatieff barbecue in Eastern Ontario

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Conservative supporters were dispatched by the Tory war room to greet Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff at a barbeque he held Thursday night in St. Isidore, Ont.

The riding, Glengarry-Prescott-Russell, is held by a Conservative but has been Liberal in recent memory.

According to the Tories, this is the second anniversary of Mr. Ignatieff saying he would have to raise taxes and the first anniversary if his party's endorsement of a tax on digital recording devices like iPods.

The Liberals would repeal cuts to the corporate tax rate – but say they do not support an iPod tax.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-notebook/tory-operatives-crash-ignatieff-barbecue-in-eastern-ontario/article1986026/

'Ethnic costumes' email draws protest
People dressed in so-called "ethnic costumes" congregated outside a Conservative rally in Toronto Thursday evening to protest after a member of a local Tory candidate's campaign sent out an email looking for people in "national folklore costumes" to appear at a photo-op.

An email signed by a campaign worker for the Etobicoke Centre Conservative candidate said he was looking for people to create a "photo-op about all the multicultural groups that support Ted Opitz our local Conservative candidate and the Prime Minister."

Opitz said Wednesday that the email was written without his knowledge and that he doesn't support it.

A Facebook page formed after the email was leaked calls the email "patronizing and offensive" and invited people to participate in a counter-rally outside the Etobicoke event.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canadavotes2011/story/2011/04/14/cv-election-ethnic-counter-rally.html#


Apps must love the fund raising this brings in.

Seems like negative adds are effective in discouraging your opposition supporters. Well, seems to me that it is energizing the opposition in this election. But don't tell Harper!