And people thought Christian Paradis wouldn’t be able to handle Public Affairs – it seems he has taken the torch from Michael Fortier and…refused to make the torch public until a take out the trash day comes along:
OTTAWA — Ottawa’s advertising budget doubled to more than $80-million in the first full year of the Harper government, the first rise in marketing spending since the start of the sponsorship scandal in 2002, according to an unreleased federal report.
The report on advertising spending in 2006-2007 has been ready for weeks, but Public Works had yet to make it public last night. A copy was provided to The Globe and Mail in answer to questions on its content.
The report shows Ottawa’s advertising spending came in at $87-million in the 2006-2007 fiscal year. Only one year earlier, the government’s total advertising purchases were just $41-million.