The Toronto Star ran the story (17 October 2009, pg. A12) about the UofT Liberals’ protest over Stephen Harper’s Conservative Cheques, along with the revelation that Harper’s Conservatives are planning to spend millions more of taxpayer dollars on partisan billboards.

From the article:

Papering Canada with billboards is the latest tactic in an unprecedented promotional campaign by Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his team of Conservative MPs to put their stamp on the government’s taxpayer-funded economic bailout program.

From prop cheques emblazoned with their names to announcements made daily and a $34 million television and radio ad campaign, Conservatives have wasted no opportunity to align themselves with the federal spending spree.

That publicity offensive has sparked an uproar among opposition MPs that promises to continue when Parliament resumes Monday after the Thanksgiving week break.

“This is the most comprehensive, deliberate propaganda campaign at the federal level in Canadian history,” said Liberal MP David McGuinty (Ottawa South).