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http://www.tradingeconomics.com/canada/government-budget http://www.tradingeconomics.com/canada/government-budget According to this link, the Canada Federal Bu

http://www.tradingeconomics.com/canada/government-budget http://www.tradingeconomics.com/canada/government-budget According to this link, the Canada Federal Budget appears to have been in surplus during 2007-2008 crisis. Deficits came later. Their previous fiscal prudence mitigated the problems that struck Italy, Greece and the United States.

cmrdporcupine 11y ago
The stimulus budget was passed in 2009, the bulk of the spending came through in 2010, and the graph you linked to shows that. Cutting your tax revenue isn't fiscal prudence. It's letting ideology triumph over reality. Harper never met a surplus he didn't throw away.