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Originally Posted by Jacks
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.
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Pre-recession, they governed as a majority because the opposition was so weak. The stimulus spending, I'll agree, was forced upon them - but we'd have been in a better position to implement stimulus, which I believe was necessary, if Harper hadn't gone about reducing the surplus when times were still good.