The Liberals were brought back to order by Twitter on Monday about a video shared on the social network, which is now accompanied by the caption “manipulated media”.
The message in question was released on Sunday by Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland.
In the video from last year, a Conservative activist asks then-Conservative leadership candidate Erin O’Toole if he was in favor of a greater role for the private sector in the healthcare system.
Mr. O’Toole answers “yes”, but the nuances of his answer were cut from the video published by the Liberals, in particular when he specifies that a universal health system is “essential” in Canada.
For this reason, Twitter added “manipulated media” to Ms. Freeland’s tweet.
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The Conservative Party has asked the Commissioner of Canada Elections to launch an investigation into this matter.
Asked Monday morning about the video, Justin Trudeau denied that the video was altered and dodged controversy to focus his attacks on the Tory leader.
“What’s important about all of this is that Mr. O’Toole has made it clear that he supports a two tier health care system. The entire interview has been published and I invite all Canadians to take a look at exactly what Mr. O’Toole thinks about our health care system, ”he said.
“Canadians deserve a true leader and not an American-style approach with lies (…) We must have an ethical leader,” Erin O’Toole replied at a press briefing.
On an explanatory page, Twitter details its tagging approach and specifies that the words “manipulated media” can accompany videos where “the content has been edited in a substantial way, in a way that fundamentally changes its composition, its order, its unfolding. or its framing ”.
