Alberta's PR tab tops $25 million
The Calgary Sun reports that the Alberta government spent $25 million on communications in 2005-06. "The bulk of that went to pay for a $15.3 million 100-plus member public affairs bureau, headed by a $190,000-a-year managing director," writes reporter Darcy Henton. In Democracy Derailed, Kevin Taft calls for the immediate disbandment of the Public Affairs Bureau, which is widely referred to in government circles as the Tories' "Ministry of Truth." Read the article here.