Government of Canada Announces Independent Oversight of Government Advertising, Modern Communications Policy
(firmenpresse) - OTTAWA, ONTARIO -- (Marketwired) -- 05/12/16 -- Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
The Government of Canada is taking another step to make government more open, transparent and accountable.
Today, President of the Treasury Board Scott Brison announced that the Government of Canada is making good on its commitment to modernize its Communications Policy and put an end to the partisan use of Government advertising.
Effective immediately, Advertising Standards Canada (ASC) - the national not-for-profit organization committed to ensuring the integrity of advertising - will conduct independent and public reviews of government ads against the definition of "non-partisan communications" now outlined for the first time in the communications policy of the Government of Canada.
Furthermore, the Policy now prohibits the advertising of government programs that have yet to approved by Parliament, and no advertising can take place in the 90 days before a fixed general election date.
The Government has asked the Office of the Auditor General to conduct an audit of this interim non-partisan review mechanism to evaluate its effectiveness. His office will determine the scope and timing of the audit.
To make sure that government advertising cannot be used for partisan purposes in the future, the Government will work with parliamentarians, the Auditor General and stakeholders to entrench third-party oversight of government advertising in legislation.
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"The Government is moving forward on its commitment to ban partisan government ads and communications. We now have safeguards in place so that Canadians know the information they receive from their government is non-partisan and represents a legitimate public service announcement."
- The Honourable Scott Brison, President of the Treasury Board.
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