Trudeau Defends Freeland’s O‘Toole Video After Twitter Labels it ’Manipulated Media’

Trudeau Defends Freeland’s O‘Toole Video After Twitter Labels it ’Manipulated Media’
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau holds a press conference after meeting with Gov. Gen. Mary Simon and triggering an election, at Rideau Hall in Ottawa on Aug 15, 2021. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick
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Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is defending a video posted by Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland that took aim at Conservative Party Leader Erin O’Toole’s position on universal health care, after it was flagged by Twitter as “manipulated media.”
In a campaign stop on Monday, Trudeau defended the video, which accuses O’Toole of “considering privatizing the health care system” in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, saying the video was posted “in its entirety.” The Conservatives have accused the Liberals of altering the video in order to misrepresent O'Toole’s views.