COLLINS – Talk about white noise, Mr. Armchair Mayor

Posted on April 10, 2017 in Columns // 0 Comments

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The sudden influx of the usual pre-election attack ads is just as irritating as those endless government press releases

MY FRIEND the Armchair Mayor wrote this week about the white noise which has become the litany of funding announcements from the province as the writ is set to drop for the May 9 election.

He’s probably right in his assessment. (After all, he is the Armchair Mayor and who can argue with a man in a comfortable armchair?)

I feel the same way about the sudden influx of the usual pre-election negative ads from the various parties, and several third parties, which typify the type of attack ads that Canada has stolen from south of the border.

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