CTV assumes incorrectly... again

CTV made the following statement today in one of their stories:

"The websites listed at www.bloggingtories.ca have no official ties to the Conservative government.

But in recent weeks, the sites have run the same media talking points as those issued by senior officials in government.

And they have mounted fierce public-relations campaigns against government programs that later wound up being axed or downsized, including the Court Challenges Program - a fund that paid for legal challenges that won new rights for women, minorities, the disabled, and gays and lesbians since the 1970s."

Amm, nice try guys... once again trying to expose a non-existant connection between the Blogging Tories, and the Conservative Party of Canada.

For those of you at CTV who read the Blogging Tories blogs, such as this one, I have an official statement to make:

CHRISTIAN CONSERVATIVE DENIES ANY LINKS TO THE GOVERNMENT
October 20, 2006

Staff at CTV today accused the author of this website, along with many others, of being unofficial arms of the Conservative Party of Canada... once again digging up false accusations made against us during the last election, stating that we and the Conservative Party of Canada are acting contrary to provisions regarding third party entities in the Elections Act.

Once again, and for the official record, I don't get talking points from anyone inside Canada's New Government. The views expressed here are my own... unless otherwise sourced and credited.

Though I am an active and card-carrying member of the Conservative Party of Canada, I only get the same information that any member of the public is privy to... and not any non-publicized information that members of Canada's New Government are Privy to.

But thanks for coming out anyway.

(and if you caught the pun, you must be a political junkie...)

h/t to The Doggeral Party of Canada