Dion refuses to categorically rule out deficit
mtbr @ Wed Sep 17, 2008 10:41 am
it's okay if you're a Liberal 
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ ... itics/home
xerxes @ Wed Sep 17, 2008 10:48 am
The conservatives didn't seem to have problems with it under Mulroney.
And besides, deficits aren't always a bad thing.
Scape @ Wed Sep 17, 2008 11:38 am
May pledges surpluses in Green party platform
ridenrain @ Wed Sep 17, 2008 12:06 pm
So far the Liberals are up to $10 Billion, depending on how much more slush and bribes are needed to sell the green shit.
$1.32B Healthcare
$800M Immigration
$1.25B Education Note 1
$400M Fisheries
$3M Court Challenges
$50M Food Safety
$600M Energy Retrofits
$5.5B Green Shaft social spending
http://rightfromalberta.blogspot.com/20 ... mises.html
Scape @ Wed Sep 17, 2008 12:10 pm
As opposed to the$8.8 Billion the cons splurged already?
$1:
The group says the Conservatives have doled out a whopping $8.8 billion since June - including a $2,000 grant to commemorate a UFO sighting.
Federation director John Williamson says there have been almost 300 pre-election commitments, adding up to about $94 million a day, or almost $4 million every hour.
Among the big-ticket Tory commitments: $1.1 billion for a so-called "road map for linguistic duality;" $350,000 for an ice cream company in Prince Edward Island; and $297,000 for a ski club in Newfoundland.
Federation director John Williamson says there have been almost 300 pre-election commitments, adding up to about $94 million a day, or almost $4 million every hour.
Among the big-ticket Tory commitments: $1.1 billion for a so-called "road map for linguistic duality;" $350,000 for an ice cream company in Prince Edward Island; and $297,000 for a ski club in Newfoundland.
Reverend Blair @ Wed Sep 17, 2008 3:13 pm
Another misleading headline. I watched Dion on CPAC today and the only deficit he wasn't willing to rule out is the one the Conservatives might be hiding.
You see, Flaherty hid an almost $6 billion deficit when he was Finance Minister of Ontario. There is at least some fear that he's doing the same kind of crooked accounting again. It takes more than a year to clean up that kind of financial mess, so Dion is not saying there will be no deficits, just that there will be no Liberal deficits.
Toro @ Wed Sep 17, 2008 3:14 pm
What! Dion's a neocon!
Toro @ Wed Sep 17, 2008 3:15 pm
Scape Scape:
That's because they'll be taxing all the newly legalized dope.
KyleEverett @ Wed Sep 17, 2008 3:16 pm
As said earlier, deficits aren't bad in a recession and weak economy, but once you're back in the black, budgets should become balanced.
The big problem with Canada is that it has such a large state that balancing it is tough.
RUEZ @ Wed Sep 17, 2008 3:18 pm
Toro Toro:
Scape Scape:
That's because they'll be taxing all the newly legalized dope.
Not to mention increasing the GST.
Scape @ Wed Sep 17, 2008 4:02 pm
RUEZ @ Wed Sep 17, 2008 4:04 pm
Scape Scape:
But if the budget should go to deficit because of the economy then that's not their fault. 
Scape @ Wed Sep 17, 2008 4:10 pm
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ ... m_mostview
Don't know. I just happy that they are on the record for this so they can now be held to account.
RUEZ @ Wed Sep 17, 2008 4:15 pm
That's some nice fear mongering by Dion.
"The Liberals will not cause the country to go into a deficit, BUT THAT'S NOT SAYING THAT THE CONSERVATIVES HAVEN'T PUT US INTO A DEFICIT POSITION ALREADY"
kenmore @ Wed Sep 17, 2008 6:16 pm
We already have a deficit,, thanks to the harper torys.
so for another party to say there will be one is a given..duh!