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Originally Posted by Bunk
For Chretien, keeping the GST and maintaining free trade, although broken election promises, were the right decisions financially for Canada. Harper on the other hand, cutting GST, while keeping an election promise, was really stupid, and kept us in deficit far longer than we needed to be out of the recession and did little if nothing to help the economy recover.
You can also look to the US for evidence - exhibit A Bill Clinton vs. George W. Bush.
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However, the GST and free trade were instituted by a Conservative Government, refuting your claim regarding fiscal conservatives.
Why not leave the US out of the discussion as their politics are definitely on a different spectrum than ours? In Alberta, the more 'progressive' the PC's have become the larger our spending and subsequent deficits and debts have been.
In Saskatchewan, the election of a fiscally conservative party has led to a much improved fiscal situation and economic growth where 'liberal' governments in the past had racked up large debts and poor economic growth.
I think your assertions are entirely off base.