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Originally Posted by SebC
You can compare Harper's pre-recession performance to the Chretien/Martin Liberals and look at what he did to the surplus in that time frame if you'd like.
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And the Chretien/Martin Liberals probably did a better overall job. You can't really compare the two though since the Liberals had a majority and were free to implement tough policies, even ones that they campaigned against. Harper spent the worst of the recession in a minority parliment with three opposition parties who demanded more spending and less cuts. Since Harper has had a majority we seem to be ahead of schedule balancing the books. I would bet a dollar that if an election was being held this year we would find out that the books are already balanced but that they are fudging the numbers to show a surplus in the election year. By fudging I mean allocating more money to projects and services than they actually intend to spend, that money getting returned for next years "rosy" budget.
Regardless of all that, I don't see how Chretien/Martin policies have much to do with Trudeau. I guess we'll see when he releases some actual policies besides pot and abortion.