The optics of the media release weren't very good were they?

News 100 redBy Pepper Parr

October 19th, 2016

BURLINGTON, ON

 

Wow!

THAT is crass.

Less than an hour after sending out a media release announcing the holding of two by – elections on November the province sends out a second media release announcing significant infrastructure projects for one of the ridings – Niagara West Glanbrook.

The by-election release came out as 12:07 – the infrastructure release came out at 1:01.

It is stuff like this that give politics a bad smell.

Was it just a coincidence?

The province has hundreds of communications specialists working to grind out media releases – sometimes as many as ten in a single day.

These people are trained to get out positive messages – and they are expected to be politically aware – especially those who work in the office of Cabinet Ministers.

The media release on infrastructure work that I to “Improving Roads and Bridges in Niagara Region” said the following;

Ontario is supporting upgrades to roads, bridges and other local community infrastructure in Niagara Region, helping to connect communities and keep people moving while creating jobs and economic growth.
Municipalities benefiting from upgrades include:
• Grimsby
• Lincoln
• Pelham
• West Lincoln
• Niagara Falls
• Niagara-on-the-Lake
• Fort Erie
• Port Colborne
• Thorold
• Wainfleet
• Welland

The boundaries for the riding of are shown below:

niagara-west-glanbrook-boundariesThat detailed information is followed by the boiler plate stuff put at the end of every media release the province sends out – sort of like Burlington’s fetish for the news that it is the number one mid-sized city in Canada
Ontario is making the largest investment in public infrastructure in the province’s history – about $160 billion over 12 years, supporting 110,000 jobs every year across the province with projects such as hospitals, schools, roads, bridges and transit. Since 2015, the province has announced support for more than 475 projects that will keep people and goods moving, connect communities and improve quality of life. To learn more about infrastructure projects in your community, go to Ontario.ca/BuildON.

Investing in municipal infrastructure is part of our plan to create jobs, grow our economy and help people in their everyday lives.

They do all this with your tax money – don’t you just love them?

Related article:  By-election announcements.

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1 comment to The optics of the media release weren’t very good were they?

  • Ken

    I hope that the electorate in these ridings are smarter than to be taken in by this obviously sneaky, but typical Liberal ploy. No amount of bribery with our own money could make me do anything but actively do whatever I can to get them out of Queen’s Park (& Ottawa).