Madam Speaker, Canadians were sick of seeing their money wasted by the previous government on partisan advertising. This is why, in 2016, we prohibited all government advertising in the 90 days prior to an election.
That is 90 days prior to the fixed date election and for any government program that has yet to be approved by Parliament.
By focusing on the needs of Canadians instead of on partisan interests, we managed to reduce the government's advertising budget—