Feds spent $33-million on ads, axed stimulus promotion in first year under Liberals

Finance Canada slashed its ad spending dramatically, while ads for the census and Canada-150 campaigns drove costs in the top-spending departments.

Infrastructure Minister Amarjeet Sohi is overseeing a 10-year plan to pour money into infrastructure projects around Canada.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY PETER MAZEREEUW

February 22, 2017

The Liberal government won’t be buying ads to promote its multibillion-dollar infrastructure program, says a spokesperson for Infrastructure Minister Amarjeet Sohi. After promising to end partisan-tilted government advertising campaigns in the run-up to the 2015 el...

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