Using stock photos can cause political trouble

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Two examples from Canada's current federal election campaign of stock photo usage gone awry:

Not a Canadian family: http://ottawacitizen.com/news/politics/the-gargoyle-cpc-adoption-ad-presents-stock-photo-of-mixed-race-family-as-adoptive-parents

Not a Canadian fish (and the wrong kind to boot): http://ottawacitizen.com/news/politics/the-gargoyle-conservative-ad-on-b-c-fishery-uses-photo-of-atlantic-salmon-from-the-u-k

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This is how "scandalous" Canadian politics get...LOL

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This is how "scandalous" Canadian politics get...LOL

There's a LOT more to it than that.

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This is how "scandalous" Canadian politics get...LOL

We wish that was the case!