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Originally Posted by Rerun
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Weird:
In 2006-2008 (3 years):
Nominal GDP went up 16.7% (5.6%/year).
Federal government revenue went up 19.6% (6.5%/year).
Federal government expenditure went up 16.4% (5.5%/year).
In 2002-2005 (4 years):
Nominal GDP went up 24.0% (6.0%/year).
Federal government revenue went up 9.9% (2.5%/year).
Federal government expenditure went up 12.6% (3.2%/year).
Figures are from StatsCan
here, but the page is dynamic and so that link probably won't work. The percentages/year aren't exactly proper because I didn't use geometric averages, but they should be pretty close.
Frankly, I'm having problems reconciling these figures with the numbers you quoted. I will, however, maintain that Harper is the bigger spender.