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Originally Posted by Nancy

Harper gets a pass because of the 2008 financial crisis. No excuses for Mulroney, though.

Sure do miss Paul Martin.



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EDIT: Source is Fraser Institute, but it is consistent with the data I see on Stats Can.

https://www.fraserinstitute.org/site...ation-2022.pdf

I hate the Fraser institute presentation of factual data. Red for debt increase makes sense but blue for decreases is not a typical colour.

But worse is that the table that is essentially the heart of the paper. Per capita % increase over prime minister tenure doesn’t take into account the length of the tenure. That makes it useless as a comparative tool.

Factually correct intentionally misleading.

But looking at Harper following Chrétien and Martin you can really see the meaningful negative affect the GST cut had on our ability to pay down debt.