During the final week of the 2011 Canadian election, Pierre Karl Péladeau, CEO of Sun Media Corporation who would later become leader of the Parti Québécois, accused Muttart of attempting to undermine Sun Media by giving a fake photograph of Ignatieff to a Sun executive. Mercury LLC, Muttart's employer, called Peladeau's assertion "false and downright bizarre".
In the final week of the 2011 Canadian election, Pierre Karl Péladeau, CEO of Sun Media Corporation, accused Muttart, who worked for Mercury LLC, of attempting to harm Sun Media by presenting a fake photo of Ignatieff to a Sun executive.  Mercury LLC refuted this claim as false and absurd.