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Originally Posted by Ronald Pagan
Well thanks for your rant. But this is more of the same cynical, ideological bilge that I was talking about earlier.
To address some of your points though:
It is very likely that they had no clue of the country's finances.
The revenue forecasts of the carbon tax are relatively easy to calculate and relatively accurate especially considering the brief 4 year window that they're using.
So I would disagree with you.
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You do know that the opposition parties and especially the finance critics are pretty much up to date at all times in terms of the budget and national financial forecasts right. There's no secrecy act when it comes to governmental finances, all that information is pretty much public domain.
Chretien made a promise that resonated with voters, but he knew that he couldn't keep it, there was no secret at the time that the Canadian economy was in bad shape.