After decrying Tories for using Russian stock video clips, NDP does the same

In a campaign-style social media video, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh announced that he has ended the supply-and-confidence agreement his party with Prime Minister Justin Trudea’s Liberal government. The deal was scheduled to run until June 2025.

The New Democrats used a stock image from Russia in a recent video, weeks after the party criticized the Conservatives for doing the same.

On Wednesday, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh announced in a video message that he was ending the supply and confidence deal with the Liberal government, while accusing Conservative policies of hurting Canadians, including retirees.

The video then flashes to a stock video of two seniors sitting at a table looking at their laptop.

The Canadian Press independently verified from several stock image sites, including Getty Images, that the video originated from Russia.

The two seniors are also featured in photographs on a website for a Russian university, which says they are …