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Originally Posted by iggy_oi
Not to defend the NDP ad spending, but wasn't the controversy surrounding the Redford spending based on the fact that it was tax dollars being used for campaign ads during or shortly before an election? Because it violated campaign rules?
Oh wait, the quoted article came from the Calgary sun...
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This should clear things up....
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In opposition, the NDP had been critical of government advertisement for the budget. In 2012, when Premier Alison Redford’s government spent $425,000 on advertising, then-NDP Leader Brian Mason said the government was ramping up ad spending to “try to work much harder to control the message.”
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http://edmontonjournal.com/storyline...vincial-budget