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YouTube a battlefield in BC election

Opponents of the BC Liberal government have launched their first would-be viral attack of the election campaign. Duct-tape fetishists will be ecstatic.

The video, running 1:16, features many people opposing Bill 42 with their mouths taped shut.

Connoisseurs will not find it up to will.i.am's Yes We Can, but you have to start somewhere. We await the Liberal counterattack.

Crawford Kilian is a contributing editor of The Tyee.

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