The Conservative Party says it will refrain from giving interviews to CTV News or deal with its parent company Bell Media until the network offers an “unequivocal apology” for “selectively” editing a quote from its leader Pierre Poilievre.
A Sept. 24 memo from Poilievre’s director of media relations was sent to the Conservative caucus, urging all members to avoid participating in interviews or providing statements to CTV News and its reporters. They were also asked not to engage with parent company Bell or its lobbyists.
“Until CTV issues a formal and unequivocal apology—one that explicitly acknowledges the malicious nature of their editing and not merely dismisses this as a mistake or error—we will not engage with them,” wrote Sebastian Skamski….