Liberals claim Conservative candidate Wai Young's campaign Photoshopped picture of Stephen Harper

by Stephen Hui on Apr 16, 2011 at 8:52 am
This photo appears in a promotional calendar for Wai Young's campaign.

The Liberals and Conservatives are fighting an intense battle in Vancouver South.

In the 2008 federal election, Liberal Ujjal Dosanjh beat Conservative Wai Young by a mere 20 votes to remain the riding's MP.

That's why the Liberals are trotting out Paul Martin for a couple of campaign events in Vancouver South this weekend.

On Sunday (April 17), the former prime minister will help kick-off a "doorknocking blitz" at Dosanjh's campaign office and headline an "exclusive evening campaign celebration" at Fraserview Hall.

No doubt, Young will be in attendance this afternoon (April 16) when her leader, Stephen Harper, holds a campaign rally in Burnaby.

(Vancouver's StopWar coalition plans to hold its own anti-Harper protest outside the rally at 3030 Gilmore Diversion.)

In this battle of inches, the Liberals are today making hay out of what they say is a Photoshopped picture of Young and Harper.

A Liberal news release, titled "More doctored Conservative documents", states:

Conservative Candidate for Vancouver South Wai Young photo-shopped a picture of her and Stephen Harper for a promotional calendar”¦ by taking out the President of China!

According to Ms. Young’s campaign Facebook site the original photo was taken during a state dinner for Hu Jintao held in Ottawa on June 23, 2010.

Conservatives are making a bad habit of doctoring documents. Remember when Bev Oda inserted the “not”? Well this time, they removed Hu Jintao – the President of the most populous nation on earth.

It's not exactly the scandal of the century, but in a close fight, it'll do.


The Liberals say the original photo included Hu Jintao, president of the People's Republic of China.

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yvrChris
Apr 16, 2011 at 9:37 am
So...the Liberals are Facebook creeping now? Thought they didn't do that. What hypocrites! Total desperation...
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monty/that's me
Apr 16, 2011 at 9:48 am
God save us from a Harper majority!
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glen p robbins
Apr 16, 2011 at 10:05 am
It's not exactly the scandal of the century, but in a close fight, it'll do.

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Donna Johansen
Apr 16, 2011 at 11:05 am
I swear, please give me this job. If all they have to do is find pictures that may be touched up in anyway, then try to discredit a candidate, I'm in!
There is no end to what the Liberals or NDP will so to get elected. Notice where all the negative ads are coming from? If it was the other way around and the PCs were dredging up all this crap....oh my gaud the lefties would be dying from anger.
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Dan Clay
Apr 16, 2011 at 11:20 am
That twisted smile says alot about this DORK,,Harper
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G.J. W.
Apr 16, 2011 at 11:20 am
As a resident of BC, I have seen, how corrupt politicians are. Campbell stole and sold the BC's people's BCR. His election lie, the BCR wasn't for sale, is about as low as you can get. However, Campbell managed to sink even lower. Campbell and Hansen's other election lie, the HST wasn't on their radar. Harper wanted the HST so badly, he practically drooled. So the three of them colluded on the HST, before the BC election. Hansen had to finally admit, the HST papers were on his desk in March, before the May election. The BC Liberal Party, is foul with corruption, lies, deceit, dirty tactics, arrogance, crimes. In spite of their foulness and cheating, they are still forcing their presence on the BC people who despise them. If that is democracy in BC, they can stuff it. The opposition are fully aware of, how corrupt and disgusting the Liberals are, they do nothing to stop them. Therefore, there is no-one to vote for. Campbell and the BC Liberals, have thieved this province, right down to the bare bones. Christy Clark, is no better. She refuses to have a criminal investigation of, Campbell's corrupt sale of the BCR. I hear it hits too close to home. Christy is merely Campbell's mouthpiece anyway. So of course, nothing has changed.

Harper is nothing other than a dictator, with his own evil agenda. He wants Canada in a Global Governance, he said so in his speech, that shocked everyone present. All of the party's in the House of Commons, voted in favor of giving, banks, mines, large corporations, gas and oil company's, billions of our tax dollars. They are also given, huge tax reductions. Harper gave big business another tax reduction, which is coming off our paychecks. Harper had a meeting with Jack Layton, regarding this last tax reduction, Layton capitulated to Harper's demand.

Ignatieff, fully supports the HST, and so does Layton. None of them care about the country, nor, the Canadians citizens. Harper is giving Canada away, to the wealthiest outfits in the world, with our opposing party politicians blessings. Corruption, greed, and big business, is who really governs. I have no faith, in any of the party's, so I am declining to vote, for more corruption, greed and, the asinine HST is here to stay. There is no Federal political party, worth voting for.

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Dianne
Apr 16, 2011 at 11:37 am
I guess once you get into the swing of altering the truth in so many ways, including 'photoshopping' documents, it becomes a no brainer.... easy come...easy go....
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the UGLY Chinese Canadian
Apr 16, 2011 at 11:48 am
Heck, this Wai Young gets better at this PhotoSlopping everytime we see her mug.

Hey everyone... check out our piece earlier this month on Wai 'always-so-Young'. In fact we received so many comments that we had expanded our blog to accommodate 3 separate posts on the Wai Young photoslopping campaign:
http://www.uglychinesecanadian.com/?p=3524
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J.D. Lees
Apr 16, 2011 at 12:21 pm
If only we could make Michael Ignatieff disappear so easily. Oh, yeah, he'll be gone shorty after May 2.
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Mike Stokes
Apr 16, 2011 at 12:46 pm
lol

Hey liberals who cares it's a photo for a campaign she is not writing a book.
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erk
Apr 16, 2011 at 12:57 pm
Who cares? Its her picture, she can do whatever she wants with it. Do the Libs have nothing left to offer?
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Kent Rowling
Apr 16, 2011 at 1:09 pm
Stephen, it's a calendar for crying out loud. Who cares?
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J_J
Apr 16, 2011 at 1:40 pm
If you think this is an issue that resonates with the average voter, you're sadly mistaken. This is the type of childish attack that turns people off and backfires. The desperation is quite obvious.
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Adam Strong
Apr 16, 2011 at 2:07 pm
It's not the conservative party, its the Harper party. Maybe she's never met Stephen Harper before, and the only way to get a picture with Harper in it is to use a computer program. How else is she supposed to run on the merits of Stephen harper?
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Lewis Noyes
Apr 16, 2011 at 2:08 pm
With the Forum Research poll giving the Liberals only a three point edge (25 to 22 %) over the NDP and the distinct possibility that the NDP could take over second place, the Liberals are now in panic mode and will try virtually anything in an attempt to stop the NDP while the Tories hold their comfortable ten percent lead.
Obviously panic is setting in when they roll out the two authors of Adscam and Sponsorship, a real and huge scandal, the largest heist of governrnment funds in the nations history. Mr. Dithers and Shawinigate Chretien can maybe explain where the missing $40 million dollars went.
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Don't Forget
Apr 16, 2011 at 2:09 pm
What about the Van South NDP candidate Meena Wong who has a degree in Electronic Arts? She can photoshop herself to oblivion and put up all the pictures she wants. Because she needs them to cover up the fact that she has little else to offer this community.
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albertaclipper
Apr 16, 2011 at 2:26 pm
Oh My GOD. The Liberals are reaching for straws now.
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Taxpayers R Us
Apr 16, 2011 at 2:49 pm
It speaks volumes about what she would do with any kind of power or responsibility. If she's willing to fake something this easy, imagine what she could do with an official signature.
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Hermesacat
Apr 16, 2011 at 2:51 pm
I say Harper's an appropriate stand-in for China's Hu Jintao. Arguably, Harper has about as much respect for democratic principles & institutions as Hu's "People's Republic" gov't does.Harper's a power-abusing wannabe dictator who'd happily crown himself Emperor of Canada, & declare "L'etat c'est moi" IF he thought he could get away with it. He's already been doing as much as he thinks he can get away with as far as undermining the constitutional rights of Parliament, & politicizing & muzzling the civil service in unprecedented ways. Neither Harper nor Hu believe in democracy. That's why Harper appearing in a photo as a stand-in for Hu seems appropriate enough.
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msgjp
Apr 16, 2011 at 2:56 pm
Who cares. I care. What is about altering the truth that Conservatives don't understand?
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