November 21, 2008
Stephen Harper's Index
Cumulative amount the Conservative government is projected to be in deficit over the next four fiscal years (low scenario) according to the Parliamentary Budget Office: $50.6 billion
Amount that Stephen Harper repeatedly claimed the Conservative government would be in deficit during the last election: $0
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Amount of value an investor would have lost if they had purchased a TSX index fund right after Stephen Harper claimed there were "good buying opportunities" in the market: 21%
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Number of mentions of the word "uncertainty" in the Speech from the Throne: 4
Number of mentions of the word "instability": 2
Number of mentions of the word "challenges": 8
Number of mentions of the word "deficits": 2
Number of mentions of the words "good management": Zero
Number of mentions of the words "budget plan": Zero
Number of mentions of the words "contingency fund": Zero
Number of mentions of the words "it would be misguided to commit to a balanced budget": 1
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Number of resolutions passed at the recent Conservative policy convention that would remove the Canadian Human Rights Commission's authority to address hate messaging: 1
Number of caucus-sponsored resolutions passed that would remove "gender equality" from the Conservative policy platform: 1
Number of resolutions passed that would address the current economic crisis: Zero
Friday, November 21, 2008
Hapless Harper by the numbers: Sell on weakness
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What do people see in Harper that keeps him at 32% in the most recent polls??
From what I can see it must be blind faith in the party brand & of course , there are still those poor souls who think this guy is somehow still a Progressive Conservative.
This guy & his "not" Progressive Conservative party have been consistently inconsistent throughout their existence as the gov`t.
Nothing they say can be taken as what they mean--they consistently say one thing & do something else leaving it up the media to tell us that we misunderstood them in the first place.
Mr Harper & his inner circle leave me cold & wanting for something better.
I just pray it arrives before my Canada is unrecognizable as Mr Harper promised us when he took office.
Dr Mike Popovich.
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