Poilievre paid public servants overtime to help film promotional video
Employment Minister Pierre Poilievre commissioned a team of public servants for overtime work on a Sunday to film him glad-handing constituents in promotion of the Conservative government’s benefits for families.
The ensuing taxpayer-funded video – and other recent ones like it – are prompting concern that the Conservatives have taken a new step in the use of public funds to produce “vanity videos.”
The Conservatives have faced criticism over the past year for the production of videos highlighting Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s activities as part of an online show called 24 Seven. One of these videos landed Mr. Harper in trouble this month during a visit to Iraq when an episode showed the faces of Canadian Armed Forces members, potentially placing them at risk.
It now appears that Mr. Poilievre is taking a similar approach with his department’s funds.
In a 2 1/2-minute video posted this month, Mr. Poilievre is shown approaching parents at a children’s clothing consignment event at a local hockey arena in his southern Ottawa riding to hand out flyers.
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