The Province of New Brunswick website issuing an apology after an altered photo was posted for the Route 1 Gateway opening -- blurring images of a protest.
The picture showed children from Pennfield Elementary School who sang the anthem at the event last Thursday (October 25th), with several blurry protest signs by CUPE local 963 representing NB Liquor employees partially removed.
The website apologized stating "(the photo) was altered by an outside photographer. It was posted in error to the government newswire and then removed. It should not have been altered, and we apologize."
National CUPE Representative Marcos Salib tells Tide News he's not going to attack anyone without knowing every detail -- but its still disappointing. He says, "You would think democracy would be respected, but at the same time, it is difficult to prove if it was intentional or not." He says, "I think the photographer did admit to altering the photo and is taking the whole responsibility of it on his own, saying the government didn't tell him to do it. So I think we would have a hard time proving if it was true or not."
Salib says he was surprised to hear about the photo-flop. He says "certainly to me it's an issue of transparency and credibility." He adds, "The reality is they can certainly try to hide and alter photos, but the issue isn't going away. The privatization is still there and alive and that can't be altered."
(Picture is not the photo mentioned in the story.)
