Before, back in October, Harper was accused of hiding the facts about the economic turn down and not telling the "people" the real facts... now when he tells it the way he sees in now... he's being too pessimistic and is making a bad situation worse...
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servl...Story/National
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Prime Minister Stephen Harper was accused yesterday of exacerbating the economic downturn by spreading pessimism when he should be taking a leadership role by disbursing hope.
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"I think human behaviour drives recessions and recoveries, and confidence in the future drives human behaviour," said Liberal MP John McCallum, a former chief economist for the Royal Bank of Canada.
"Especially during difficult times, leaders have to inject confidence and hope into their citizens and Stephen Harper has done precisely the opposite with these comments."
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But, apparently, its all right for the former Leader of the Opposition to be pessimistic...
As per their reply to the Speech from the Throne...
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Our economic downturn did not start last month. It started nearly a year ago. Canada had the worst performing economy of the G-8 for the first half of 2008. In fact, so far this year, our economy has actually shrunk. It has been our worst economic growth since 1991.
Our country's labour productivity is falling further and further behind the United States. Our productivity has fallen for nine months straight, something that Canada has not seen since 1990. With the fundamentals of our economy already weakened, Canada entered the escalating economic crisis with one hand tied behind its back. The government spin does not match its record. It did not anticipate this and did nothing to prevent it. Look at the economic projections last fall when it cut the GST. The projections were rosy, they were optimistic, they were wrong.
Canadian workers are the ones who suffer the consequences of this government's failure to act. Over the course of the government’s time in office, we have seen a continual, steady, stream of jobs losses in many of our highest-paying industrial sectors, including manufacturing and forestry.
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http://www.liberal.ca/story_15489_e.aspx
All this just makes me laugh. If Harper said something was white, the Liberals would immediately start saying Harper was wrong and he's hiding the fact that the color is really black. Then if Harper said "Ok, I think it may be black after all", the Liberals would say "Hold on now, its really not as black as Harper wants people to believe." 