Government coastal protection radio ad 'a waste of money,' 'ridiculous,' say opposition leaders
NDP Leader Claudia Chender said the ad is an example of how the government's priority seems to be on shifting public opinion in its favour at the expense of doing the work of governing.
She called the ad "ridiculous" and "old-style campaigning."
"And I certainly hope that people aren't fooled by it," she told reporters in Halifax on Thursday.
Chender said that as she travels from one end of the province to the other, she continues to encounter people who want the Coastal Protection Act made law, particularly municipal leaders who are confronted with the threat of extreme weather in climate change in their respective communities.
"Many municipalities do not have the resources to do this work themselves," she said.