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CKND - Friday, May 24, 2024 - 06:30 p.m. (ET) - Segment #2

>>> At the university of toronto, the deadline's now passed for pro-palestinian demonstrators to accept the university's final offer in response to their demands. Protesters have now been issued a trespass notice. They now have until monday morning to leave. Protest organizers called the school's terms outrageous and criticizing the negotiating tactics as a ultimatum. It declines demands to divest from israeli companies or partnerships with israeli universities. >>> Ontario is accelerating plans to expand where alcohol can be bought. Premier doug ford announced a plan that will see alcohol sold in corner stores and a wider selection in grocery stores by this fall. >> People are excited. They're going to enjoy the same choice and convenience as other canadians and other people right across the world. >> Farah: starting august 1st, ontarians can find products like wine coolers and 30-pack cases of beer in grocery stores. After september 4th, they can buy beer, cider and wine in eligible convenience stores. A goal initially promised by 2026. Big box stores will also begin sales after october 31st. >>> New temperaturedemocrats are planning to ask the house of commonsette ethics committee to include a video. Manitoba mp brandon leslie distributed a video on his social media accounts with the title "breaking news, trudeau resigns." it contains doctored news clips with real and out of context news. Some say it pushes the boundaries of political messaging. >> Reporter: this video never aired on ctv news channel and this ideo never aired on cbc news. The scenes are a fiction, created for conservative member of parliament brandon leslie. >> Over the coming weeks, the liberal laurentian... >> Reporter: they were part of a four-minute video leslie released criticizing justin trudeau's record in office, fair game, but experts say the technique he used to do that mixing real footage from newscasts by global, cbc, and ctv with out-of-context news and what amounts to fake news is a problem. >> It's obviously taking the work that journalists do and using the model and the formats that journalists use to try to spread things that aren't true. >> This is the first instance of this sort of content that I've seen produced or published by a member of parliament in canada. I've not seen anything like this before. It's pushing the boundaries. >> Reporter: leslie shrugged off concerns that the doctored images might be mistaken for real news. >> I don't think anybody thinks that I'm the guy that's going to break the news that the prime minister has resigned. I think canadians are very smart. >> Reporter: new democrats take a different view. >> It ought to be absolutely unacceptable and there should be an ethical consensus amongst parties that we will not partake in this type of misinformation and disinformation. >> Reporter: matthew green is a member of the house of commons ethics committee which is currently studying political misinformation and disinformation. >> I would call on this mp to delete it and apologize. >> Reporter: as for the broadcasters, ctv said it was concerned about misuse of its logos and branding, while cbc said it has detected a "alarming trend of false ads and news stories." farah? >> Farah: david akin in ottawa, pTHANK you, david.

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