The Conservatives say the taxpayer-funded CBC shouldn’t be backing a prank program that attempted to target a Tory MP and individual citizens in disguise as part of a show featuring hoax interviews on controversial topics.
Among the figures targeted by the program are Conservative MP Aaron Gunn, author Lindsay Shepherd, and academic Frances Widdowson.
“This CBC show tried (unsuccessfully) to manipulate and deceive a sitting Member of Parliament,” Gunn posted May 12 on X, adding that it had done so as part of a “crusade to further attack Canada’s history and smear the reputation of Canada’s first Prime Minister.”…