Mood swings

Jim Flaherty, November 25. "There the member for Kings-Hants goes again talking down the Canadian economy.”

Jim Flaherty, March 23. “All we hear from the opposition is criticism and talking down the Canadian economy.”

Jim Flaherty, August 7. "It’s going to be a difficult year. I’ve been saying that, I try to calm the euphoria about ‘we’re out of a recession’ ... We are stabilized, and there are some good signs, but it’s still a recession, and we still have to work our way out of it."