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National Defence and Conservative Government

Conservative government: The ad-spending splurge coincides with campaigns promoting Conservative family tax measures not yet been approved by Parliament and aggressive National Defence recruitment ads that dovetail with the government anti-terrorism messaging, according to Metro News. The latest allotments include $3.5 million to the Finance department for Economic Action Plan advertising, bringing the yearly total to $11 million and The latest federal spending estimates show that four federal government departments have been given another $11 million for advertising as the current fiscal year-end approaches. In total, the Conservative government has now committed $65 million to advertising this fiscal year, which ends March 31. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.