All the free trade deals and the current policy of government created the
deficit and the recession in the first place. Conservatives, Republicans
were the purveyors of the recession.
The last time the Conservatives were in power during lyin' Brian's time
also produced double digit deficits some years ago. The Liberals and
God knows I am not crazy about them did clean up the Mulroney mess,
and now its Harper's turn. These are the Conservatives who promised
to get spending under control.
Lets be clear however, the Liberals balanced the books and cut the over
all deficit, by stealing from various accounts including the Employment
Canada reserves. You know insurance money workers and companies
paid into. They robbed Peter to pay Paul.
The government has been wrong about the deficit, the recession and the
recovery, which is a long way off. In fact Flaherty, is warning recovery is
slower than expected. They knew this a long time ago. The problem is
their promise is worthless, they have set a record for incompetence.