Harper must have got his Economics degree on the Net. He should get his money back.

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http://bigcitylib.blogspot.com/2009/01/has-ignatieffs-shift-to-right.html

“I have to conclude that Canadians are just a lot stupider than I’ve been willing to believe. I honestly thought the online dingbats represented a marginal demographic but not anymore.”

“Look, we’re going to have to resign ourselves to the fact that a huge proportion of the Canadian population is barely sensate enough to even be allowed to vote at this point.”

70 Liberals coronate Iggy and millions of voters are stupid?

Allowed to vote?

Typical Liberal arrogance.

In what way is he exceptional? In the fact he took until 32 to get his MA in Economics? In the fact that he worked in the mailroom at Imperial Oil in Calgary, eventually moving up to the IT department before making the leap into politics? In that the NCC dropped 50K on his first seat run in Calgary in order to “boost” him and that was returned later when he fled politics to head the NCC? In that he parachuted in at the very end of the merger process done almost completely by Deb Grey and then took credit for it?

The guy is undoubtedly smart, but there is a pattern of discontent he has established since his youth that paints him as an non-stop whiner. He’s held party cards in the LPC, the PCs and Reform, leaving all of them in a huff when the leader of the day did something he disagreed with. That anti-social bent has clearly translated into how he deals on a partisan basis with the other parties now that he’s PM.

He’s got strengths, but I simply fail to see why he is worshipped by the party faithful as much as he is.

The NDP’s record with the economy and finances of B.C. is not exactly stuff you want showcased in the front window either.

Durward below is half-right in saying that Mulroney definitely played a big part in curtailing the vicious deficit/debt spiral that we were in. Mulroney inherited Canada’s biggest ever peacetime deficit (8.2% of GDP, equivalent to a $127 billion deficit today), and an operating deficit (i.e. a deficit even before debt servicing charges). Trudeau (with miscalculations about revenue robustness in the late 70’s) left us in a truly terrible mess, easily the worst fiscal shape we’ve ever been in. We were spending $1 in program spending for every 97 cents in revenue! To get to a balanced budget, Mulroney would’ve had to immediately cut one-third of all program spending! Mulroney fixed that first deficit that had to be addressed, the operating deficit. Over his nine years in power, he was in surplus on that score. He brought the deficit-to-GDP down to 4% (in other words, half that of what he inherited), but those plans were thrown off by the ’91 recession, when it again spiked up over 5%. But he did manage to bring in (with great political cost to himself and his party) the two policies which were largely the reason why it was even possible to get to a balanced budget in the 90’s: Free Trade, and the GST.

If you’re going to make a statement, make sure you know what you’re talking about.

Yes, but unlike Chretien’s 500 million charge for cancelling a previous helicopter order, the country will at least get new helicopters.

“Instead of imposing the $36-million penalty for late delivery called for in the contract, the government has agreed to pay Sikorsky, the U.S. manufacturer, an extra $117 million. Arbitration is continuing on the company’s claim for what has been reported to be up to $500 million in extra payments.”

Penny-wise, pound foolish.

How anyone can support the Liberal Party, knowing that they have been stealing from taxpayers hand over fist is beyond comprehension. The only folks who should be supporting the LIberals are those who received the stolen loot…..and those who don’t pay taxes.

Which are you?

Flaherty, who is now talking about stimulating car loans (who wants to buy a car from a company about to go down the tubes) instead of needed infrasturcture, ruined the Ontario economy and is about to do the same for the whole country. These guys are winging it and are not up to the job. The one thing that is true of this century is that the Liberals knew how to run the country and did a damned good job at it. Wait ’til the smoke clears, although more years will have been lost because of Conservative ineptitude.

This is not an economist speaking but a politician with an economics degree, something very different. Canadians have never has so many reasons to dump a politician who has shown such limited vision, partisanship and failure to lead the country to be the best that it can be. Even if Harper is willing to change the rules when it suits him, (aka “proroguing parliament when it is clear that you are going down” ), the reason why there is a coalitian is that our the majority of our elected parliamentarians are really fed up, as am I.

This interview is the worst of Ottawa bafflegab, designed to confuse those who don’t know the system or don’t have the inclination to follow the history of administration in this country – the lowest common denominator who can be convinced by simple messages.

Since December 4, as far as I am concerned, Herr Harper’s government has been illegitimate, and Canada has no prime minister.

Mr. Ignatieff should be demanding that the Governor General recall Parliament, so that this toxic government can be brought down and replaced by the Coalition.

In your case….I would agree with your assessment. At least you understand your own limitations.