Conservatives Question CBC-Funded Prank Program Targeting Tory MP, Others for Hoax Interviews

Conservatives Question CBC-Funded Prank Program Targeting Tory MP, Others for Hoax Interviews
Conservative MP Aaron Gunn speaks at the 2026 Conservative Party convention at the BMO Centre in Calgary on Jan. 29, 2026. Omid Ghoreishi/The Epoch Times
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The Conservatives say the taxpayer-funded CBC shouldn’t be backing a prank program that attempted to target a Tory MP and individual citizens in disguise as part of a show featuring hoax interviews on controversial topics.

Among the figures targeted by the program are Conservative MP Aaron Gunn, author Lindsay Shepherd, and academic Frances Widdowson.