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Originally Posted by Slava
Political interference with the BoC, stock markets and things like that is absolutely the wrong way to go IMO.
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FYI -from the Globe and Mail:
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Mr Layton was merely expressing an opinion about the appropriate path of interest rates, and not considering the possibility of ordering the Bank of Canada to keep interest rates low. Later, an e-mail from NDP headquarters assured that "New Democrats are committed to the independence of the Bank."
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It would seem that the fear-mongering has gone from one extreme to the other. "THE CONSERVATIVES WILL KILL ALL KITTENS AND FEED THEM TO US LOWLY SERFS" to "THE NDP WILL BANKRUPT THE NATION AND WE'LL NEED THE UN TO DROP BAGS OF WHEAT FOR US TO EAT!!"