Its not just politicians that should wear uniforms with their sponsors patches - it should be the policy guests on legacy media. Pick any topic and the "guests" on legacy media are rarely neutral - regardless of how they are presented.
As I write this the situation is still playing out. The Canadian government is still using their heavy-handed tactics, but a "first people's" group (Native Americans for those not versed in Canadian, has intervened to stop this nonsense. For now.