The Ontario government spent nearly $50 in 2015 on what the auditor general, Bonnie Lysyk, calls self-congratulatory advertising and it continues to do so. In her annual report released Wednesday Lysyk also says there was $30 million similarly spent the previous year. As noted by CBC Legislature reporter Mike Crawley in the Liberals pushed through a bill in 2015 that changed the rules on government advertising, drastically watering down the auditor’s powers to reject ads that serve to promote the party in power. Also Canadian Press