In their own words | Ce qu’on en dit

“Conservatives argue, straight-faced, that they are simply keeping taxpayers informed…even though a series of polls commissioned by the finance department…found many Canadians considered the ads a propaganda exercise and a waste of money…If many government expenditures amount to little more than bribing people with their own money, ad campaigns only add insult to injury, devoting millions more to reminding voters of the extent to which they’ve been had.”National Post Editorial28 April 2015

« Les conservateurs, eux, ont dépensé en moyenne 84 millions par année en publicités gouvernementales jusqu’en 2014, selon divers rapports et estimations. »La Presse Canadienne28 April 2015

“No one is suggesting there isn’t a place for federal advertising to inform Canadians of new government policies. The question is whether the Conservative ads are designed to inform taxpayers — or buy votes. It looks too much like the latter, and it ought to stop. The Harper government needs independent oversight of its advertising spending. And it needs to cut it, just as rigorously as it has cut so many more worthy initiatives.”Toronto Star Editorial5 April 2015

« Le gouvernement de M. Harper nous en donne une autre éclatante démonstration. C’est bar ouvert à Ottawa, où les conservateurs puisent à pleines mains dans nos taxes pour démontrer que leur dernier budget est «en bonne voie d’assurer le succès du Canada dans l’économie globale du XXIe siècle ».Pierre Asselin, Le Soleil29 April 2015

“The federal government should consider adopting a system, such as Ontario now has, to review proposed government advertising in advance, to make sure that the message is not primarily partisan.”Globe and Mail Editorial4 December 2013