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Originally Posted by GGG
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.
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The graph is not a percentage change, and the color coding is Liberal versus Conservative.
You can't extrapolate any impact of the GST cut due to the concurrent impact of the 2008 financial crisis.