Ottawa buys millions of dollars worth of ads from foreign companies that harm children, flout Canadian law and are hollowing out Canada's media ecosystem

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Many Canadians are justifiably worried about the economy after nearly a year of crippling trade sanctions imposed by the U.S. Thankfully, we’ve been assured our government has a plan that includes “fiscal responsibility, free trade and smart investments for long-term growth,” and that Ottawa is “investing in innovation, infrastructure and security for a strong Canadian future.”

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We know this because the Government of Canada takes millions of dollars out of Canadians’ pockets every year to buy advertising intended to inform taxpayers about what a great job the Liberals are doing, and to tell people about all the costly government programs that are available to them. If this weren’t bad enough, despite Prime Minister Mark Carney’s “elbows up” election rhetoric, the feds devote a major chunk of their ad budget to foreign tech giants, while local Canadian media continues to get hollowed out.

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