Canadians will forever be indebted because of Jim Flaherty.

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I invite you to actually respond to one of my posts on the topic if you want to keep posting.
He and others have done so. The points he and others made were clear. I wonder if you argue just for the sake of argueing?
 

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He and others have done so. The points he and others made were clear. I wonder if you argue just for the sake of argueing?

Going through this thread the only ones arguing for the sake of arguing are the ones adamant to tell the guy to fukk off to google instead of answering a simple question.

How inclusive.
 

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Going through this thread the only ones arguing for the sake of arguing are the ones adamant to tell the guy to fukk off to google instead of answering a simple question.

How inclusive.

Yeah sure thing. Guess some of us have just tired of playing the same old game with Fluff.
 

petros

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BumFluff

There are two ways of keeping debt in check.

1. Sacrifice

2. Inflation.

Which route did Flaherty take even though it went against the boss' wishes?
 

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There are two ways of keeping debt in check.

1. Sacrifice

2. Inflation.

Which route did Flaherty take even though it went against the boss' wishes?

It is hard for me to really view debt reduction as one of his legacies. He oversaw the largest deficit in Canadian history, and since then he has really just been slowly pulling back the things that created the deficit in the first place.

Granted, I know that a large deficit was necessary at the time. I am just saying that this narrative you are painting doesn't seem to fit. It seems like his legacy is more one of knowing when to spend even if it doesn't fit with your core party beliefs.
 

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The guy asked a pretty honest question and you all lynched him.

Thanks Floss, but don't feel bad for me. I know the ways these guys operate pretty well.

All of their info comes from a right wing echo chamber, so having to actually explain what they are talking about is a foreign concept to them.

They obviously don't like talking about things in any level of detail, as displayed by the lack of response to my posts on topic.

Yeah that's what we did. He asked a lot of questions, but little else.

Lol, how can you not understand this yet? I asked questions because the point of the post was not laid out. If debt is what he is talking about, how many times do you see the word "debt" in his post?

Sorry Tay, we're still feeling the effects of Trudeau's finance ministers in the 70s. Now we have taken steps forward and backwards since then, but that is really where Canada's issues originate. Its disingenuous to claim that others attempting to work with that burden are to blame more. Now its all about laying a ground work where our economy can grow and we can pay a lot of it off (i.e. like we did in the 90s, thanks to policies put in place during the 80s).

Or for that matter, any of your responses?

Lots went on in the 70's. Why do you expect me to guess what you guys are referring to, when you can just say the word?

Does it surprise you that some people have more than one grievance with Trudeau?
 
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It is hard for me to really view debt reduction as one of his legacies. He oversaw the largest deficit in Canadian history, and since then he has really just been slowly pulling back the things that created the deficit in the first place.

Granted, I know that a large deficit was necessary at the time. I am just saying that this narrative you are painting doesn't seem to fit. It seems like his legacy is more one of knowing when to spend even if it doesn't fit with your core party beliefs.
If you paid attention to how Canada is being developed which BTW was started by the Libs and handed to the Cons to carry that torch which Jim did very well.

We are in the midst of something 10X the scale of the CPR being built over 125 years ago.
This project has spanned and will span several Lib and Con Parliaments over the past 30 years and the next 30years.

Are you aware of the names of those projects and the future economics of Canada?

-0 C here!
Are you sure it's not +0C? Anything 0C and up is a +.
 

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If you paid attention to how Canada is being developed which BTW was started by the Libs and handed to the Cons to carry that torch which Jim did very well.

We are in the midst of something 10X the scale of the CPR being built over 125 years ago.
This project has spanned and will span several Lib and Con Parliaments over the past 30 years and the next 30years.

Are you aware of the names of those projects and the future economics of Canada?

Lol, why do you guys love guessing games so much.

Can I assume you are speaking of the pipelines? If not, let me know.

What does this have to do with "sacrifice or inflation?"
 

petros

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BumFluff...

What is there to guess and no it's not just pipelines?

Why aren't you aware of the direction of Canadian development?