GDP goes down in February

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"to introduce timely and tangible regulatory measures to enable innovation and growth while ensuring high standards of public health, safety, and environmental protection. We will continue to reduce transaction costs and improve the existing business environment."

It looks like the title of the article is misworded: "to introduce tangible regulatory measures to enable innovation and growth" is not the same as promissing growth.

I'd shy away from any candidate guaranteeing growth.
 

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"to introduce timely and tangible regulatory measures to enable innovation and growth while ensuring high standards of public health, safety, and environmental protection. We will continue to reduce transaction costs and improve the existing business environment."

It looks like the title of the article is misworded: "to introduce tangible regulatory measures to enable innovation and growth" is not the same as promissing growth.

I'd shy away from any candidate guaranteeing growth.

We can quibble about semantics, but the platform implies that economic growth will result from their actions. It's kind of their M.O. and the main reason Canadians decided to give them a majority.
 

Machjo

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We can quibble about semantics, but the platform implies that economic growth will result from their actions. It's kind of their M.O. and the main reason Canadians decided to give them a majority.

Not exactly. The wording suggests increasing the possibility of growth, not guaranteed growth. There is a difference.
 

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Not exactly. The wording suggests increasing the possibility of growth, not guaranteed growth. There is a difference.

Yes, the difference is that those measures aren't guaranteed to increase the possibility of growth.
 

Machjo

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Yes, the difference is that those measures aren't guaranteed to increase the possibility of growth.

OK, you are right that free trade itself promotes efficiency, which can in fact hurt growth ironically enough. That does not mean free trade is bad though, since the money saved from it could then be directed elsewhere to promote growth. So indirectly it does increase the possibility of growth. And again, you have yet to prove that Harper guaranteed growth.
 

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A standardized market across Nor Am means I can go to Mexico City and buy a toaster that won't burn down my house in Regina for the same price with either peso, CDN $ or US $
 

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A standardized market across Nor Am means I can go to Mexico City and buy a toaster that won't burn down my house in Regina for the same price with either peso, CDN $ or US $

That's for sure..................................as long as you keep it plugged in, in Mexico City! :lol:
 

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OK, you are right that free trade itself promotes efficiency, which can in fact hurt growth ironically enough. That does not mean free trade is bad though, since the money saved from it could then be directed elsewhere to promote growth. So indirectly it does increase the possibility of growth. And again, you have yet to prove that Harper guaranteed growth.

A promise is not a guarantee, but can still deserve criticism.
 

petros

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It's okay. Annual "shut downs" or "turn arounds" for maintence and refitting/expansion in mining and oil/nat gas will be over by June and pipelines are now back under construction since it's dry enough to dig.