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Liberals promise government ads free of political content


Political | 206720 hits | Sep 25 8:38 am | Posted by: WDHIII
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OTTAWA � The federal Liberals said Friday they would ban all taxpayer funded "politicized" government advertising if they come to power.

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  1. by avatar MAC1767
    Fri Sep 25, 2009 3:53 pm
    have to start somewhere,

  2. by avatar leewgrant
    Fri Sep 25, 2009 3:57 pm
    Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff said his party would appoint an independent body to ensure all government advertising is free of political content.


    We don't need more bureaucracy and cost to implement this. The PMO just issues a directive to the Cabinet. But these are the Liberals looking for more government; this won't be their last proposal to involve a new "independent body".

  3. by Lemmy
    Fri Sep 25, 2009 3:57 pm
    How about a promise to STOP spending tax dollars on advertising...PERIOD? It's waste.

    edited for Tarzan-speak.

  4. by avatar uwish
    Fri Sep 25, 2009 4:00 pm
    I believe that as much as I believe any politician.

    no matter which party.

  5. by ASLplease
    Fri Sep 25, 2009 4:04 pm
    that shouldn't be difficult, the Liberals have never been good at political content.

    Where's Iggy's Red Book, eh?

  6. by ridenrain
    Fri Sep 25, 2009 4:07 pm
    I remember hearing the PC government bitching about this when the libs re-did all the Canadian logos with this:
    Canada-logo.jpg

    Maybe someone can show what the Canadian government logo was before this.

    While we're at it.. Isn't the CBC already just the media arm of the Liberals anyways?

  7. by avatar gonavy47
    Fri Sep 25, 2009 8:28 pm
    Don't matter what they promise. Ain't gonna win anyhow. Not with king Iggy at the helm. Voters aren't that stupid.

  8. by avatar Guy_Fawkes
    Fri Sep 25, 2009 8:32 pm
    "ridenrain" said
    I remember hearing the PC government bitching about this when the libs re-did all the Canadian logos with this:
    Canada-logo.jpg

    Maybe someone can show what the Canadian government logo was before this.

    While we're at it.. Isn't the CBC already just the media arm of the Liberals anyways?

    What did the old logo look like?

  9. by ridenrain
    Fri Sep 25, 2009 8:34 pm
    That's what I'm asking. I don't remember.

  10. by avatar Zipperfish Gold Member
    Fri Sep 25, 2009 8:41 pm
    It's been the same for eons. I know because it's on all my welfare cheques going back thirty years. :lol:

  11. by ridenrain
    Fri Sep 25, 2009 9:06 pm
    The Canada wordmark is mandatory on virtually all of the applications mentioned above. Established in 1980, the Canada wordmark is essentially a logo for the government of Canada



    This came out of the Federal Identity Program:

    In 1969, the Official Languages Act was established to ensure the equality of English and French in all federal jurisdictions. That same year, a task force found that the Canadian government was conveying a confused image to the populace through a hodge-podge of symbology and typefaces (fonts). In 1970, the FIP was created to standardize a corporate identity for the Canadian government.

  12. by avatar gonavy47
    Fri Sep 25, 2009 10:40 pm
    If I remember correctly, the Canadian coat of arms was the official government symbol. But it was too British-looking for Trudeau, so it had to be changed.

  13. by avatar Apollo
    Fri Sep 25, 2009 10:43 pm
    Is this the Liberals first "plank" in their upcoming campaign? Does it get better from here or is this it?

  14. by avatar Public_Domain
    Sat Sep 26, 2009 5:05 am
    :|



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