So a funny thing about that ad:
The comment is taken completely out-of-context (shocking!). The quote from the former Liberal MP was not about Trudeau's marijuana policy at all, but rather about the style of campaigning now vs. 25 years ago. It also has nothing to do with "why he resigned", as the attack ad claims.
http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/06...-to-smoke-pot/
Quote:
The governing party has blanketed the riding with a flyer that features a photo of Jim Karygiannis and a quote from him: “This is not the same Liberal party we knew. The party has changed.”
The flyer attributes the quote to “your former Liberal MP of 25 years” explaining why he decided to resign last April, triggering a byelection on June 30.
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Microscopic print reveals that the flyer was “authorized by the registered agent of the Conservative Party of Canada.” But Karygiannis believes it was intended to appear as though it came from him.
“This is an all-time low for the Conservatives,” he said in an interview, calling the flyer a “very low and distasteful attack” that misrepresents him and his reason for leaving federal politics.
Karygiannis said he’s still a member of the Liberal party and has endorsed Arnold Chan, the Liberal candidate in the riding. He’s been trying to stay out of the byelection contest but said the Conservative flyer has “made me want to go vote for Arnold twice because of what they did.”
When he announced his resignation in April, Karygiannis said he wanted to be closer to his family and that he intends to run for a spot on city council in this fall’s municipal election.
The quote used in the flyer comes from an interview Karygiannis gave the Globe and Mail some weeks later and had nothing to do with Trudeau’s marijuana policy. He was reminiscing about his reputation as a bare-knuckle political organizer, particularly among ethnic communities, and bemoaning what he sees as the current tendency to eschew hardball tactics and take ethnic groups for granted.
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Edit: beaten by SebC