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Originally Posted by EldrickOnIce
When was the last good liberal government?
I mean one that didn't ruin us economically?
That is a serious question. I don't recall.
A shift to the liberal party must mostly be coming from those who were too young to suffer the effects of previous liberal governments.
That's not to say I'm a Harper supporter at all, just simply understand what the alternative is.
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Posts like this are pretty sad. I'd never vote for Trudeau, but its not really debatable that Cretien/Martin was an awesome combination that fixed the myriad mistakes of Mulroney.
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Originally Posted by Slava
I don't know, the one that was in power from 1993-2005 was better economically than the CPC has been.
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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
Inconvenient.
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Originally Posted by MarchHare
The Chretien/Martin Liberal governments from 1993-2006 balanced the budged, started paying down the national debt, lowered taxes, and were in power during a time in which Canada's economy grew (although I'm hesitant to give them 100% of the credit for that, but at least they didn't waste their good fortune of being in power during an extended bull market).
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Liberals recovered nicely from the Bush 1 created recession of the early nineties, mostly because of Paul Martin. I would not trust this batch of Libs and certainly not the NDP for what comes next.
Each Bush has presided over the start of recessions and wars. When Jeb Bush wins the presidency, expect even bigger ecomonic challneges and scarier wars.
I'm putting my trust in Harper for that period. I prefer experience.
Mind you, all this poking Russia with a stick might have consequences. A big war would be good for Russia's economy. I'm sure PUtin would think nothing of crushing Canada in the North.