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Originally Posted by westopher
I'm confused why people always seem to think that a conservative government will balance the budget.
The history of deficits run deep in both parties.
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In my case above, I wasn't necessarily suggesting a Conservative government would be a better manager of our federal finances. Rather, it is more of a reflection of what I have seen with JT and Morneau, and how their spendy ways (and often idiotic policies) in the past 2 - 3 years weren't exactly the most convincing in terms of fiscal responsibility and capability. Throughout the Harper years, I thought the Conservatives had been very responsible managers of our national finances, although I would also attribute that mostly to Jim Flaherty. In particular, I thought Flaherty was exemplary in steering the Canadian economy out of the global finance crisis.
Can Scheer and his party repeat what Harper / Flaherty can achieve? I can't answer that because I don't know. It is really more of a question of how much (or how little) faith I have left in the JT/Morneau combo, and I can tell you right now that my faith in them is fairly abysmal.