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Annual budget ads increase, but still less than under NDP, Tory government says
WINNIPEG — Manitoba’s Progressive Conservative government is spending more on budget advertising this year as an election draws closer.
The projected spending on media advertisements for this year’s provincial budget is $172,922 — almost double last year’s level of $93,561, say documents obtained by The Canadian Press under the province’s freedom of information law.
The 2017 budget involved even less advertising, at $19,675, the documents show.