^I guess I have high expectations for the PMO. I expect them to be honest about their projections and make them based on prudent amounts, not only when oil is $147/bbl. I expect them to level with the citizens about their budgetary plans in a broad sense. You don't have to tell me that here is where every dollar is going and here is our excellent forecaster.
When an economist who is the incumbent prime minister sees events teanspiring like they were in the fall of 2008 and is on a national platform he should be held accountable for those statements. When he campaigns on a platform of fiscal conservatism and prudent management I don't want to hear about deficits on one hand (which I actually believe in if they are funding the right things) and then about all the money getting funneled into CPC ridings or paving new sidewalks for a million bucks. I also don't want to hear about rampant spending to host dignataries for 24 hours when it has been done here in Canada for a fraction of the cost! Maybe my standards are too high.
I'm also glad you brought up his comment about stocks being cheap. That is something that a guy like me says to a client but it's not something you say to retirees who have just watched their life savings drop by 40%. I don't think that was brilliant politicking or confidence at all. It was just a dumb thing to say for a man in that postion.
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