Posted on 08/05/08
$1.1-million ad campaign sells reforms not yet passed
OTTAWA -- The Conservative government plans to spend more than $1-million on an ad campaign in ethnic newspapers to sell controversial immigration changes that are not yet law.The taxpayer-funded ads taken out in more than 100 ethnic community newspapers in a variety of languages have sparked criticism because the changes have not yet been passed into law, and they were included in a budget bill that, if defeated by the opposition, would trigger an election.
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