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Well why don't we dabble with Harper's legacy. Here's a good starting point:

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/busines...092/story.html

Estimated amount spent on taxpayer-funded advertisements since 2009 touting the “Economic Action Plan” and the government’s economic record : $113,000,000
National unemployment rate in January, 2006: 6.6
National unemployment rate in December, 2013: 7.2
Increase in the number of unemployed in Canada since January 2006: 236,200
Youth unemployment rate, January 2006: 12.2
Youth unemployment rate, December 2013: 14.0
Rank of Canada’s unemployment rate in 2013 compared to other G7 countries: 3rd
Rank of Canada among the 34 OECD nations in employment creation 2007-2012: 20th
Number of governments since 1935 that have presided over a slower rate of real economic growth per capita than the Harper Conservatives: 0
Number of consecutive annual federal budget deficits: 6
Number of budget deficit targets hit by Finance Minister Jim Flaherty: 0
Number of consecutive annual federal budget surpluses under the previous Liberal (Chrétien/Martin) governments: 9
Amount added to the federal national debt since Conservatives took power in 2006: $123,500,000,000
Number of years it would take to count to 123,500,000,000, counting non-stop at one number per second: 3,913
Portion of the total federal debt accumulated since 2006: 1/5
Budget surplus in percentage terms, relative to the nominal GDP, 2006: +1.6
Budget balance in percentage terms, relative to the nominal GDP, 2013: -3.0
Percentage increase in the inflation-adjusted average hourly manufacturing wage, 2006-2013: 0
Percentage drop in productivity (GDP produced per employed person), 2006 to September 2013: 1.9
Percentage increase in the number of federal civil servants, 2005-2012: 14
Exchange rate of the Canadian dollar (cents US), January 2006: 87
Exchange rate of the Canadian dollar (cents US), December 2013: 94
Consecutive monthly merchandise trade deficits: 23
Percentage increase in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, 2006-2013: 55.1
Percentage increase in the TSX Composite Index, 2006-2013: 16.1
Average house price, January 2006 : $256,537
Average house price, December 2013 : $389,119
Amount Canadians owed for every $1 in disposable income they earned, 2005: $1.30
Amount Canadians owed for every $1 in disposable income they earned, 2013: $1.64
Decima Research Index of Consumer Confidence, December 2005: 84.8
Decima Research Index of Consumer Confidence, December 2013: 84.4
Percentage of the popular vote won by the Harper Conservatives in the 2006 election: 36
Percentage of those questioned in a December Harris-Decima poll who would vote Conservative: 26