The acting mayor said he hopes Ontario’s Tourism Ministry, which oversees the self-funding parks commission at arm’s length, “nicely and informally tells it that it didn’t do the right thing here.”
Government spokeswoman Denelle Balfour said that “the ministry is aware of the concerns,” and had been in contact with Fay Booker, who chairs the commission’s politically appointed governing board.
In an interview, Ms. Booker said the commission will “take another look at the ads,” and that she will raise the matter with commission managers.
“We’re not trying to take unnecessary pokes at anyone,” Ms. Booker said, adding that the ads were meant to promote Niagara as a quiet getaway, and that “trying to grab people’s attention is not the easiest thing to do.”
