Canada Calls For Truth in Advertising

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OK, this is funny. Stupid funny. Ridiculous funny. And funny in a way that calls attention to the plethora of ridiculous ads that get stupid and make idiotic claims. Which is a good thing. Because this ad is from Canada’s Advertising Standards organization which wants everyone in the industry to know that dressing it up doesn’t make it true. No. Truth in advertising really does matter.

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