CBC-linked sting tried to lure MP Gunn by posing as Sir John A. defenders
A fake production company hired by CBC tried to trap Conservative MP Aaron Gunn in an interview with the promise of "reclaiming the legacy of Sir John A. Macdonald."
The fake production company acting on behalf of CBC, involved in setting up conservative critics, including Lindsay Shepherd and Frances Widdowson, in bogus interviews, attempted to also lure Conservative MP Aaron Gunn with the promise of “reclaiming the legacy of Sir John A Macdonald.”
Internal correspondence from Gunn’s office shows staff were told the project was being prepared for CBC, which was allegedly “under pressure to provide a balanced view surrounding John A. Macdonald.”
Two producers, using the aliases “Olivia Goldman” of “Nova Frame Productions” and “Pam Gibson” of “Forge Media,” repeatedly portrayed the project as an effort to “reclaim” Macdonald’s legacy, defend Canadian heritage and provide a national platform for conservatives who felt censored or demonized for challenging prevailing reconciliation narratives. Pam Gibson was later identified as Molly Gore, an American producer who has worked on left-wing ecosocialist documentaries.
The newly uncovered email chain shows the operation spent months cultivating trust with conservative organizers, video producers and eventually Gunn’s parliamentary office by carefully mirroring conservative concerns about free speech, Indigenous land disputes and attacks on Canada’s founder.
Contact with the CBC-backed production company and various conservative figures dates back to January of this year. The emails were provided to Juno News by Gunn, and show those behind the ruse contacted a conservative-leaning video production group and discussed a $2,000 fee to help arrange interviews with subjects critical of “certain Indigenous developments” in B.C. as part of the clandestine smear campaign for CBC Entertainment. However, no transaction or agreement ever took place as a result of the conversation.
