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Originally Posted by crazy_eoj
Yes, clearly their hate of all things rational and evidence based was the major reason why Canada has weathered the global downturn much poorer than the much better informed rest of the world, especially the left leaning educational European twin paradises of Spain and Greece and our closest neighbor whose spectacular veer left (towards science and reason?) has yielded nothing but milk and honey.
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It seems to me that the biggest reason Canada weathered the financial crisis is that there was a well established regulatory framework that was already in place for the banking sector.
I will give the Conservatives credit for leading us through this period in decent shape but I fail to see any master strokes they played - more like they didn't screw it up (which is a creditable accomplishment compared to other countries)