Équipe Denis Coderre ads appearing above searches for electoral rivals

When searching for Projet Montreal and Coalition Montreal on Google, the first thing some Montrealers are seeing is an ad for Équipe Denis Coderre.
Google search ads can be purchased to target specific keywords or customer segments. Appearing above the first search result, they are labelled as advertisements and say they are authorized by the campaign’s official agent, Robert Richard.
The Gazette found ads for the Coderre campaign on searches for “Valérie Plante Montrea