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Liberals demand end to Tory ad blitz
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| Contributor | Monsieur |
| Last Edited | Monsieur Oct 08, 2009 12:55pm |
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| Category | News |
| Author | Les Whittington |
| News Date | Thursday, October 8, 2009 06:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | OTTAWA — Accusing Prime Minister Stephen Harper of trying to buy Canadians with their own money, Liberal MPs today demanded that the Conservative government remove the current barrage of taxpayer-funded ads promoting the government's economic program.
The Liberals say the Conservatives have broken ethical rules by spending $55.9 million on advertising to promote the Economic Action Plan set out in the Jan. 27 federal budget.
The ads contravene Ottawa's advertising guidelines because they are too politically partisan, the Liberals assert.
"No government has ever launched a national TV and radio ad campaign of this nature to promote its budget," said Pablo Rodriguez, Liberal heritage critic.
"This misleading and rule-breaking campaign offers little information to benefit the public other than promoting the interests of the Conservative Party of Canada." |
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