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Liberals spent taxes on partisan ads: BC NDP

VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – The BC NDP says the provincial government is spending tax dollars on partisan advertisements, and it wants the Liberal party to give the money back.

NDP candidate for Coquitlam-Maillardville Selina Robinson says the government is using the public’s money to advertise its proposed MSP reduction plan.

“The budget has not passed, so it’s not a real thing and it’s really an election platform piece,” Robinson says. “And they’re promoting this MSP idea that they have floated that doesn’t start until 2018. Why would you have to advertise a program that hasn’t even started?”

The NDP says the government has spent $15 million on what they call inappropriate advertisements and it wants the Liberal Party to repay the money and put it towards BC Hydro to keep rates from going up.

BC Hydro’s rates will go up by 3.5 per cent on Saturday, keeping in line with the corporation’s 10-year pricing plan. The increase means the average residential bill will go up by $3.74 a month.

If elected, the NDP says it will create a third party to review government advertisements.

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