Ford Government's Ad Spend: How Much, For What?

0:00The Ford government in Ontario is flooding radio and TV with ads all wrapping up with that protect Ontario line from their election days But here's the thing no one's saying exactly how many different spots they're running or what it's costing us taxpayers Reporters asked the premier's office for a full list and budgets and crickets These ads hype stuff like tapping the mineral rich ring of fire building small nuclear reactors and general construction pushes Word is they're pumping out so many that they might blow past last year's record at spend which hit 111,900,000 Dollars according to the auditor general critics are fired up Ontario liberal finance critics Stephanie Bowman calls it the government patting itself on the back while running a 13,800 Million dollar deficit NDP leader Merritt style says it's wasteful cash on partisan hype when hospitals and schools are scraping by Premier Doug Ford pushes back arguing folks need to know how their money's being used

1:02Especially on health care where they're dropping a fortune He even floated new ads to spotlight those efforts back in March with costs only coming out in annual reports and no upfront details This ad wave keeps rolling leaving questions about accountability hanging in the Ontario air I'm Corey with the story. That's your Canada News today update AI powered and always on