55 per cent of Canadians can’t recall seeing $13-million economic action plan ads: poll

'The ads are not effective in winning votes; when that much money is spent on publicity and no election has been called, voters begin to take notice,' says Forum Research president Lorne Bozinoff.

PARLIAMENT HILL—The $13-million Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his Conservative government blew on advertising to promote elements from the federal budget that happen also to be enticements for voters as the federal election approaches have been a waste of public money, a Forum Research...

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