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Old 08-13-2014, 11:56 PM   #113
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Originally Posted by crazy_eoj View Post
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.
No, Mulroney deserves credit for those as good overarching policies, but also remember that debt ballooned massively under his leadership - to close to half a trillion before Chretien and Martin brought it under control. Mulroney did not operate government efficiently.

With Wall, he to me defines centrism.
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