CBC Demands Conservatives Remove File Footage from Attack Ads

The broadcaster says its footage should not be used in partisan advertisements.

The Liberals weren’t the only ones offended by the Conservatives’ new ads. The CBC is in a tiff because it says the party never requested permission to use its footage in its new campaign-style commercials, which were posted on the internet and broadcast on TV Monday. Three of the ten ads contain footage shot by the CBC. Marco Dube, a spokesman for the broadcaster, said that it’s CBC policy that its material not be used in partisan advertising, and that the Conservatives will soon receive a letter formally requesting that the CBC content be removed. The ads, which seek to discredit Michael Ignatieff and Jack Layton, were seen as a sign that the Conservatives are preparing for a federal election.