The Canadian economy is NOT at this time officially in recession,it's not booming either,but neither is the economy of any G-8 member.Statscan figures released Monday show Canada's GDP increased 0.3% in the third quarter after remaining essentially flat over the first half of the year.In manufacturing,the value of new orders are up 6.1% over the previous year,retail trade is up 5.8%.
There are certainly tougher times ahead for our economy no doubt,but unlike the U.S. our system is basically on pretty solid footing.The world economic problems are a result of unsound lending practices,starting(according to what I have read)way back with Democratic President Jimmy Carter.In a nutshell,giving credit to people that don't deserve it.This practice seems to have been snowballing for decades now.None of these problems are directly or indirectly the fault of Stephen Harper,to suggest otherwise is foolish.
With regards to Dion,virtually everything coming from him must be taken with a very large grain of salt.Let's go back to September shall we?Dion told journalist Mike Duffy,under no circumstances would the Liberals have "a coalition with the NDP-a party that would be damaging to our economy,period".I defy anyone to credibly demonstrate why the exact opposite is now is now apparently in the immediate best interest of Canadians.
Later I'll point out the flaws in the ridiculous argument that the coalition is the right option because collectively(or will it be the collective?) they represent a majority of Canadians.Right now,I'm hungry so I'm gonna eat!
The Canadian economy is NOT at this time officially in recession,it's not booming either,but neither is the economy of any G-8 member.Statscan figures released Monday show Canada's GDP increased 0.3% in the third quarter after remaining essentially flat over the first half of the year.In manufacturing,the value of new orders are up 6.1% over the previous year,retail trade is up 5.8%. There are certainly tougher times ahead for our economy no doubt,but unlike the U.S. our system is basically on pretty solid footing.The world economic problems are a result of unsound lending practices,starting(according to what I have read)way back with Democratic President Jimmy Carter.In a nutshell,giving credit to people that don't deserve it.This practice seems to have been snowballing for decades now.None of these problems are directly or indirectly the fault of Stephen Harper,to suggest otherwise is foolish. With regards to Dion,virtually everything coming from him must be taken with a very large grain of salt.Let's go back to September shall we?Dion told journalist Mike Duffy,under no circumstances would the Liberals have "a coalition with the NDP-a party that would be damaging to our economy,period".I defy anyone to credibly demonstrate why the exact opposite is now is now apparently in the immediate best interest of Canadians. Later I'll point out the flaws in the ridiculous argument that the coalition is the right option because collectively(or will it be the collective?) they represent a majority of Canadians.Right now,I'm hungry so I'm gonna eat!