Conservatives Introduce AI-Generated Canadians To Tell Real Canadians How Bad Things Are
Conservatives have begun using AI-generated people in political ads, allowing the party to highlight the struggles of ordinary Canadians without risking contact with any actual Canadians.
The synthetic food bank users, unemployed workers, and struggling families look convincingly human, making them ideal political props: emotionally compelling, endlessly available, and incapable of questioning policy details.
Critics warn the practice further blurs the line between reality and political fiction at a time when voters are already navigating misinformation, fake accounts, and algorithm-driven outrage. Supporters counter that voters shouldn’t worry about distinguishing real people from artificial ones when they’ve spent years trying to distinguish campaign promises from reality.
Political observers say the move reflects the next stage of modern campaigning, where even the suffering is outsourced.
At press time, several AI-generated Canadians were polling ahead of real candidates.
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