Jours de l'opposition 3
43e législature, 1re session
Motion proposée par Marit Stiles le et rejetée au vote
Whereas in 2017 the Auditor General found that the Liberal Government spent $17.4 million on partisan ads with the primary goal of fostering a better impression of the governing party; and
Whereas this is the result of loopholes created under the Liberal Government that watered down advertising rules and weakened the Auditor General's oversight of government advertising; and
Whereas the Auditor General found that in 2023 the current Government used the same loopholes to spend $24.89 million on partisan ad campaigns, including $20 million to promote the Ministry of Health; and
Whereas the current Minister of Health introduced a bill in 2018 entitled "End the Public Funding of Partisan Government Advertising Act" and that Bill has been reintroduced by a Member of the Official Opposition;
Therefore, the Legislative Assembly calls on the Ontario Government to pass the Official Opposition's Bill 176, End the Public Funding of Partisan Government Advertising Act, 2024 to close the loopholes and ensure that taxpayer dollars are not spent on ads intended to foster a positive impression of the Government.