The federal government has approved tens of millions of dollars in "economic action plan" ads this year even as it cites fiscal restraint to cut programs such as scientific research and environmental monitoring.
While Finance Department officials are refusing to disclose the budget for the current "action plan" media blitz blanketing Canadian airwaves, a Treasury Board document shows that cabinet approved $16 million in "economic action plan" advertising in the first quarter of this year alone.
That doesn't include $5 million approved for a "better jobs" ad campaign, $8 million to sell Canadians on cuts to old age security, and $5 million to promote "responsible resource development."
