Government ad spending estimated to have dropped by half, as Liberals test new system to screen out partisanship

The Liberals pulled back on ad spending after the former Harper government attracted criticism for allegedly using government money for partisan-tinged public awareness campaigns.

Spending on government advertising has dropped by 40 per cent since the Conservatives left office in what a spokesperson for Treasury Board President Scott Brison, pictured, attributed to a new assessment process to eliminate partisanship in government advertisement.The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

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BY MARCO VIGLIOTTI

June 28, 2017

Spending on government advertising has dropped by about half since the Conservatives' time in power, according to preliminary estimates, as the Liberals rolled out new advertising rules meant to stamp out any apparent partisanship. Christiane Fox, the former assistant secretary to cabinet for commu...

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