If you live in Alberta, i would not be worried about it, the only thing which holds any value these days is commodities... Alberta will be one of the safest areas in the world to own real estate. Oil aint going to 20 bucks a barrel again.... EVER.
This is true, all industrialised nations with negative savings rates are in for a rude awakening in the next 20 years.....
With the exception of there being a budget surplus as of 1997 under Liberal leadership, until Harper and his Conservatives promptly took it under water within two years of coming into office in 2006 and then bringing that deficit to its highest level in Canadian history. What was that about circles?
*Sigh* This is very unlikely to end well. http://www.montrealgazette.com/news...st+Harper+best+leader+poll/4511417/story.html
Huh? Harper came to power by winning the 2006 election... He didn't form a coalition with the other socialist parties, including the seperatist Bloc. Are you really this ignorant about Canadian politics or was that some kind of joke? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_federal_election,_2006
Perhaps you are forgetting that the Liberals spear-headed the outcry for Harper to spend stimulus money when the recession hit? Thus causing a big deficit. But, like a typical Liberal, you now blame the Conservatives for the deficit.
how can one stay informed on canadian politics when one is obsessed with politics of the united states?
Sorry, my mistake. Allow me to make the point I was trying to get at but obviously had my mind elsewhere at the time: http://montreal.ctv.ca/servlet/an/p...mtl_duceppe_110326/20110326/?hub=MontrealHome Harper lied about 2004 coalition: Duceppe ctvmontreal.ca MONTREAL â Gilles Duceppe launched the sixth election campaign of his political career Saturday by aggressively attacking Stephen Harper. The Bloc Quebecois leader responded as the Conservative leader kicked off his campaign for the May 2nd election by warning the Liberals against a slapdash coalition that would include the separatist Bloc party and the NDP. "It's unacceptable to have the Bloc make decisions," said Harper. "Imagine a coalition of arch-centralists and Quebec sovereignists trying to work together." Duceppe brandished a letter Harper wrote in 2004 to then-gov. gen. Adrienne Clarkson, urging her to consider a Harper-led coalition with the NDP and the Bloc against then-prime minister Paul Martin. Duceppe said Harper is not being honest when he says he never sought a coalition against the Liberal government. "He wrote it. We're not rewriting history -- he is," said Duceppe. "He lied this morning. He lied." The Conservatives have defended their stance, saying the 2004 agreement was never described as a coalition, but as a "co-operative effort." "In 2004 I made it very clear that I would not form a coalition. Same thing in 2006, same thing in 2008 and same thing now. If we don't win, we don't form a coalition that's democracy," Harper said on Saturday. But Duceppe said Harper was lying about his 2004 plans, and that Harper met with him to discuss details and a legislative agenda. "He came to my office and said, âWhat do you want in the speech from the throne?'" Duceppe said. Duceppe has not committed to a coalition, stating the needs of Quebec would need to be addressed if a union was formed. "They all come to us. They all want to be in our bed, but don't want to marry us. It's their problem, not ours." With files from La Presse Canadienne, The Canadian Press and CTV.ca News Staff © 2009 All Rights Reserved. A little more informative reading for you: http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Coalition+past+haunts+Harper/4513102/story.html http://blog.decisioncanada.ca/new-democratic-party/layton-remembers-harper-talking-coalition-in-04/ Interesting that Harper is now fear-mongering about this very subject matter, isn't it? But then, conservative hypocrisy has no borders, eh? Thanks for bringing it up.