former PM wades in and tells the truth

[Nuggler]

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canadavotes/story/2008/09/18/chretien-elxn.html


""When Chrétien took office in 1993, he inherited a $43-billion deficit left by the Conservative government of Brian Mulroney. By the time he retired in 2003, the deficit had been eliminated and the federal government was awash in huge annual surpluses""

 

[#juan]

Well, Harper did show a five hundred million deficit in the first half of this year. I don't know if that evened out or not. Maybe that was the reason he called an election...:roll:;-)