You can put it down as a campaign promise from opposition leader Adrian Dix, who says an NDP government would not use public money for partisan ads.
Dix says it's not the way taxpayer dollars should be spent.
"Not to spend public funds on partisan ads, that would be our policy. That wouldn't mean an end to government advertising, because there are reasons why the government has to inform the public about all kinds of things, but I think partisan ads voted for out of a minister of finance's budget or whatever, that's probably not a good idea."
Dix says valid exceptions include advertising key points of the annual provincial budget.
