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Originally Posted by Klazu
The Concervative campaign seems to completely rely on the "we balanced the budget and the Liberals would never be able to do that" argument. However the recent drop in oil prices seems to be revealing that the balancing has completely been thanks to the high oil prices in the past. So a complete one-trick pony that is no merit and putting all eggs in one basket has only made Canada more dependent on one single industry (which is even a sunset industry).
I hope Canadians could see through this BS this autumn.
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Well, typical with Conservative advertising (political advertising in general, but much more so with the CPC) they just make statements to create a narrative no matter how off the facts are:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/multimedia/canada-s-deficits-and-surpluses-1963-to-2015-1.3042571
The history of balanced budgets and budget surpluses in Canada belongs to the Liberals (although neither party has an overwhelming record of balancing budgets). The Conservatives have balanced what, 2 budgets since 1963? Both under Harper immediately upon coming to power, and thus both inherited from the Martin government (06/07). Tough to believe that they are the party of balanced budgets.