Dear Editor,
I received one of those over-sized political flyers from MP Alice Wong last week — the second one in two weeks paid for by the taxpayers of Canada. It included six pictures of Alice, two of (Prime Minister) Stephen Harper and his wife, along with lots of Conservative propaganda.
No attempt was made at partisan impartiality, as is required when mail-outs are sent to all Canadians by our MP’s at taxpayer expense. Instead, continual references are made to “our Conservative government,” “our plan,” “the Conservative family…”
Harper’s party has no respect for Canadian democratic institutions and continually pushes the envelope.
In B.C., no provincial government advertising is allowed within four months of an election unless it is something like a forest fire advisory, no “action plan” stuff.
Ontario has now brought in legislation that requires government advertising to be vetted by a provincial auditor to insure that it is impartial.
Canadians need the same kind of protection against Harper’s advertising offensive!
Greg Halsey-Brandt
Richmond
