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Harper's entire compendium of election goodies doesn't add up to $3 billion of new spending per year, and won't be implemented unless there is money in the federal till. That is in stark contrast to the NDP's $50-billion election bonanza, and the even more lavish spending spree promised by Stephane Dion and the Liberals.
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This is bad policy. When entering a recession governments should spend
more not less. Fiscal austerity by governments in the early 1930s turned a recession into a depression.
In either case, it's not accurate to say that the Liberals will spend more. Infact, the amount of bald-faced lying committed by the Conservatives over the Green Shift is frankly disgraceful and sullying this election. They Liberals will spend no more than they earn through their new tax. Government receipts and expenditures will be very similar to current levels.