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VICTORIA — B.C.’s auditor general has told the B.C. Liberal government that one of its advertising campaigns designed to promote this year’s budget is too political and needs to be reconsidered.

Carol Bellringer said she told Andrew Wilkinson, the minister in charge of advertising, that she has concerns about the province’s “Balanced Budget 2017” television ad campaign, and suggested the province reconsider the content to see if it fits her guidelines for providing neutral information about a public service to taxpayers.

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“We haven’t done an audit, but I did see some of the ads. They are popping up on the news and television and Facebook, and I said from the ones I’ve seen I’d say he needs to go back and revisit the guidelines,” Bellringer said in an interview.

“They are not specific enough around things that I would consider to be political in nature. Specifically, if they are mentioning Balanced Budget 2017, to me that is not neutral. So I suggested they go back and redo that.”