Prime Minister Trudeau's Office has released a read out about a call taking place between the Prime Minister and Opposition Leader Erin O'Toole. The issue is that this call never occurred, and it seems that the PMO released a readout before the call is meant to take place at 5:15PM.
In the readout, the PMO stated that "the Prime Minister also raised concerns around COVID-19 misinformation being promoted by Conservative Members of Parliament, given Conservative MPs recently downplayed the deaths of Canadians in Alberta due to COVID-19 and compared COVID-19 to the flu." Once again, this is untrue as the call never took place.
PMO read-out of call @JustinTrudeau had with @erinotoole : "The PM raised concerns around COVID-19 misinformation being promoted by CPC MPs, given CPC MPs recently downplayed the deaths of Canadians in Alberta due to COVID-19 and compared COVID-19 to the flu."
— David Akin ?? (@davidakin) November 27, 2020
Soon after this news was released, Melanie Paradis, the Director of Communications for CPC Leader Erin O'Toole, tweeted that she is in fact sitting with Mr. O'Toole and awaiting the 5:15PM call.
This is awkward. The call isn’t until 5:15pm today. I am sitting with @erinotoole right now. #cdnpoli https://t.co/2bKN0AAmaa
— Melanie Paradis (@Melanie_Paradis) November 27, 2020
Michelle Rempel also corroborated this, as she too was with Mr. O'Toole the entire time.
I was literally just sitting with @erinotoole and can verify he was not on the phone with @JustinTrudeau https://t.co/csT3lMNmK0
— Michelle Rempel Garner (@MichelleRempel) November 27, 2020
Soon after Twitter called out the release for being false, many on Twitter criticized the PMO for disseminating misinformation.
Why is the PMO pushing out misinformation? This is very concerning pic.twitter.com/fRZOdysGbd
— Michael Diamond (@mtmdiamond) November 27, 2020
Now we know that Trudeau prepares his virtue signals in advance of his dialogue with the other side. This is actual fake news from the Prime Minister. #cdnpoli https://t.co/5yPt4zRlBQ
— Angelo Isidorou (@angeloisidorou) November 27, 2020
According to the PMO, the call is still scheduled to take place, and a real readout is expected to follow suit.
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