B.M. AND A.M.

[THELIBERAL]

Before Mulroney AND after Mulroney EH?

Does anyone here remember the double digit unemployment rates during the Mulroney Conservative years? Even if they do they wouldn't admit it.

Before Mulroney we had single digit rates and after Mulroney we have single digit rates.

One of the reasons why I vote Liberal.

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2005/04/08/987922-cp.html

June unemployment rate slips

By SANDRA CORDON

OTTAWA (CP) - Canada's jobless rate dipped to a rare low of 6.7 per cent in June, suggesting the economy is growing at a quick enough clip to warrant higher interest rates by fall.

So low an unemployment rate has been seen only "twice" since "1976" when Statistics Canada first began using current data-crunching methods: June 2000 and March 1976.

HELLO!

[Leader Circle]

Before Mulroney AND after Mulroney EH? 

Does anyone here remember the double digit unemployment rates during the Mulroney Conservative years? Even if they do they wouldn't admit it.  

Before Mulroney we had single digit rates and after Mulroney we have single digit rates.

One of the reasons why I vote Liberal. 

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2005/04/08/987922-cp.html

June unemployment rate slips

By SANDRA CORDON

OTTAWA (CP) - Canada's jobless rate dipped to a rare low of 6.7 per cent in June, suggesting the economy is growing at a quick enough clip to warrant higher interest rates by fall.

So low an unemployment rate has been seen only "twice" since "1976" when Statistics Canada first began using current data-crunching methods: June 2000 and March 1976.

HELLO! 

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Ever heard of the national energy program or a recession??? None of these things were caused by Mulroney or the Conservatives. In fact the NEP was the handy work of the wingnut himself, Trudeau. One of the reasons I vote Conservative.

HELLO!

[SirSpanky]

To attribute unemployment to a particular PM, is not good practice. Its not like he gets elected, and the next day there's a 5% unemployment hike.

[Argus]

Before Mulroney AND after Mulroney EH? 

Does anyone here remember the double digit unemployment rates during the Mulroney Conservative years? Even if they do they wouldn't admit it.  

Before Mulroney we had single digit rates and after Mulroney we have single digit rates.

One of the reasons why I vote Liberal. 

Let's see, in 1966 there were aprox 1900 personal bankruptcies in Canada, and 2774 business bankruptcies. Then came Trudeau. In the last year before Mulroney became PM there were 26,822 personal bankruptcies, and 10,260 business bankruptcies.

Whoopsie!

So low an unemployment rate has been seen only "twice" since "1976" when Statistics Canada first began using current data-crunching methods: June 2000 and March 1976.

HELLO! 

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

So perhaps you could tell us which economic policies the Liberal government has implimented which were responsible for ending the world wide recession, kick starting our economy, eliminating the debt and conquering unemployment. They must have been masterful! What an achievement! Please, tell us what they did to so radically affect the economy.

It wasn't putting little Canada emblems on hockey arenas, was it? Because that was the masterful plan which eliminated seperatism and brought us peace in our time.

[cybercoma]

Before Mulroney AND after Mulroney EH? 

Does anyone here remember the double digit unemployment rates during the Mulroney Conservative years? Even if they do they wouldn't admit it.  

Before Mulroney we had single digit rates and after Mulroney we have single digit rates.

One of the reasons why I vote Liberal. 

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2005/04/08/987922-cp.html

June unemployment rate slips

By SANDRA CORDON

OTTAWA (CP) - Canada's jobless rate dipped to a rare low of 6.7 per cent in June, suggesting the economy is growing at a quick enough clip to warrant higher interest rates by fall.

So low an unemployment rate has been seen only "twice" since "1976" when Statistics Canada first began using current data-crunching methods: June 2000 and March 1976.

HELLO! 

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Are you so naive as to think the government has so much control over the economy that they can manufacture the employment rate?

[THELIBERAL]

RE::Are you so naive as to think the government has so much control over the economy that they can manufacture the employment rate?

And you think the opposition has the control?

WOW!

[daniel]

Are you so naive as to think the government has so much control over the economy that they can manufacture the employment rate?

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Every once in a while I still run across people who give credit to Mike Harris for the employment growth in Ontario.

[BHS]

Every once in a while I still run across people who give credit to Mike Harris for the employment growth in Ontario.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

There was much to admire in the man, but he wasn't a god. The government can't make the economy grow any more than it can make trees grow. The government, like the gardener, has only the power to trim and pluck and restrict.

[Big Blue Machine]

Every once in a while I still run across people who give credit to Mike Harris for the employment growth in Ontario.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

There was much to admire in the man, but he wasn't a god. The government can't make the economy grow any more than it can make trees grow. The government, like the gardener, has only the power to trim and pluck and restrict.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

And water the plants too.

[stubblejumper]

Let's see, in 1966 there were aprox 1900 personal bankruptcies in Canada, and 2774 business bankruptcies. Then came Trudeau. In the last year before Mulroney became PM there were 26,822 personal bankruptcies, and 10,260 business bankruptcies.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

What was the overall increase in population,businesses,etc.?

When Mulroney finished what was the rate ?

Yes the government can influence a economy greatly. The liberals managed to but this countries fiscal house in order, somewhat.Cuts,tax hikes,interest rates,etc.

The NDP also cleaned up Sask after the tories nearly bankrupted it ,with massive spending and corruption. Now that's irony. NDP fiscally more responsible then the tories.

[Argus]

Yes the government can influence a economy greatly. The liberals managed to but this countries fiscal house in order, somewhat.Cuts,tax hikes,interest rates,etc.

I have asked about 100 times of Liberal supporters who claim the Liberals did such a swell job of putting our finances in order to tell me exactly what programs or policies were initiated by them which accomplished this amazing feat. So far I have zero replies except for one lunatic who claimed the Liberals were responsible for ending the world wide recession by uhm, cancelling the helicopter contract and putting the money into building hockey arenas, canoe museums and golf course additions.

The fact is the only real domestic fiscal policy change which affected Canada's financing in a serious way was the implimentation of the GST, which the Liberals fought tooth and nail against, and then promised to rescind if elected.

A second, major influence, with the resurging US economy, was the Free Trade Agreement - which the Liberals fought tooth and nail against and promised to renegotiate if elected.

[BHS]

Every once in a while I still run across people who give credit to Mike Harris for the employment growth in Ontario.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

There was much to admire in the man, but he wasn't a god. The government can't make the economy grow any more than it can make trees grow. The government, like the gardener, has only the power to trim and pluck and restrict.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

And water the plants too.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Perhaps taking care to water some plants more than others, depending on which plants give him the most, um, pleasure.