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Originally Posted by Barnet Flame
The economic collapse worst in those countries with the most lax regulatory banking frameworks. Frameworks that were created prior to the Harper era. We can never know for sure, but there was in my opinion a very good chance that given time a Harper administration would have been very sympathetic to stripping away the regulatory framework that ensured Canada weathered the storm.
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Well we do know for sure. That didn't happen. And the fact that you can use perfect hindsight and still get it wrong is frightening.
Obviously the fact Canada sailed through a world wide financial crisis is complicated and based on many factors. Being one of the commodity currencies along with huge demand from China for exports helped. Strong banking regulations that are a foundation of our economy helped. The oil sands helped. The price of oil helped. The price of gold helped. The freedom for citizens of Canada to move west and snap up six figure jobs helped. The real estate bubbles propped up by foreign money help. Canada's health care system helped. You can go on and on.
But the the ability of posters to completely disregard the leader of the sitting government for the worst financial crisis in generations is crazy. Are you really gonna go with "he could've screwed it up, even though he didn't, we still hate him." He didn't steal your abortions, he didn't lynch the gays, Harper is not the tea party. And the people not giving him credit for Canada being in such a strong position going on almost a decade now are being dishonest with themselves. And to top it off, some of the ammunition posters are using such as balanced budgets and deficits were forced on the Conservatives by party's the left supports.
Just because i don't vote left doesn't mean i cant appreciate Tommy Douglas or Paul Martin. Some of you guys need to open up your eyes and stop with the fear mongering. We have had it pretty good. Harper might not win the next election, but he will end up with a pretty strong legacy.