Mike Watkins: Facing accusations he is running a deficit already, Conservative leader Stephen Harper denies the charge: "No. That's absolutely not the case." Yet to date this year the Harper government has racked up more than $20 billion in new public debt, an amount far larger than during any similar time or period during the last 8 years. What is Stephen Harper hiding?Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Harper is running a deficit NOW
Mike Watkins: Facing accusations he is running a deficit already, Conservative leader Stephen Harper denies the charge: "No. That's absolutely not the case." Yet to date this year the Harper government has racked up more than $20 billion in new public debt, an amount far larger than during any similar time or period during the last 8 years. What is Stephen Harper hiding?
