UncategorizedHey, remember late 2004?Back to the previous Conservative opposition’s demand for objective analysis of the national finances. Here is the NDP’s second...
UncategorizedHey, remember the early 80s?Back to yesterday’s QP . Specifically this answer of the Prime Minister’s. Mr. Speaker, the record of the Liberal Party is this:...
UncategorizedThe Commons: And so Stephen Harper finds himself in agreement with the Toronto StarThe government faces another barrage of $50-billion questions
UncategorizedSports analogiesFrom QP this afternoon. Hon. Ken Dryden (York Centre, Lib.): Mr. Speaker, as sports fans, the Prime Minister and the finance...
UncategorizedAccountability in accountingFrom the good ole days. When it was the surplus that was being misunderestimated. Stephen Harper, Oct. 6, 2004 . "We also know...
UncategorizedThe Commons: The roasting of Jim Flaherty"We cannot believe the minister on the previous [deficit] estimate. Why should we believe him on this number?"
OttawaIt’s not how big the deficit grows, it’s how long it lastsHow worried should we be about a $50-billion deficit?
UncategorizedThe Commons: Shovel-ready answersJohn Baird is the government’s fast-talking expert of the day
OttawaAbout those taxes (V)Michael Ignatieff scrums in Niagara Falls. "No honest politician faced with an C$80 billion ($66 billion) deficit will take...