Canada’s advertising watchdog has slammed a TV commercial paid for by a Florida man with a home on Vancouver Island for suggesting Canadians were held “hostage” by COVID-19-related restrictions that temporarily shut down the U.S. border.
In a recently published decision, Ad Standards Canada’s complaints council said the ad — paid for by John Adams and friends — was “inaccurate, deceptive and misleading.”
“Equating Canadians as hostages created a false general impression about the nature of the imposed restrictions,” said the decision, which was posted on the council’s website.
“The inaccuracy and images misled Canadians about the overall effectiveness of the vaccines as well as the travel
