Canada on the Rise - Doing the EXACT opposite of obama/dems (healthcare, insurance)
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All that is untrue. Canada never fell as far as the USA did because they did not have a housing meltdown. And Canada is not a "free market" country. If you don't like Obamacare, try Health Canada.
And the fact is that most of what the article says Obama should be doing (lower taxes, free trade, deficit reduction) are actually things that Obama has already embraced, often over the objections of congressional republicans. Come to think of it, he also embraced oil drilling, up until the deepwater Horizon spill showed that the oil companies couldn't be trusted to do so safely.
If the recovery was speedier, despite weaker contributions from investment and exports, support for the recovery must have come from household and government spending.This was indeed the case. Household spending declined by only 2 per cent between 2009 and 2010, compared with 6 per cent during the previous two recessions. The contribution of government spending to growth was more than one percentage point in each year.
The greater strength of household and government spending reflects Canada’s favourable position at the outset of the recession. Major adjustments had been made to the structure of the Canadian economy. Business and household balance sheets were relatively sound, and the banking system was robust, managed prudently, and sufficiently capitalized. Canada’s monetary policy framework had been effective and was credible. The fiscal situation was favourable, and the social safety net and regulatory framework were effective. As well, household spending was boosted by the prosperity arising from strong demand for our natural resources and by improved terms of trade.
This favourable position gave Canada the flexibility it needed to respond strongly to the crisis without compromising the credibility of our public policy frameworks. Thanks to the expansionary monetary and fiscal measures adopted in concert with other G-20 countries, Canada was able to support domestic demand which contributed significantly to the economic recovery.
Honestly I see Canada becoming more German like in its Society and Economy. It's a small country and very homogeneous which lends its self to the German model.
Well, you could start by cutting US per capita defense spending to Canada's level - or is that too radical?
The ONLY reason they can have such little defense spending is BECAUSE of our military... same with Europe. If we didn't have the military scope that we have, Europe and Canada would not have the protection that keeps them from being overtaken by less friendly countries!
The ONLY reason they can have such little defense spending is BECAUSE of our military... same with Europe. If we didn't have the military scope that we have, Europe and Canada would not have the protection that keeps them from being overtaken by less friendly countries!
Name a country that would honestly invade Canada, especially with us right next door.
The ONLY reason they can have such little defense spending is BECAUSE of our military... same with Europe. If we didn't have the military scope that we have, Europe and Canada would not have the protection that keeps them from being overtaken by less friendly countries!
Who is not invading Europe because of the USA. I'd love to hear this answer.
But the point of what is happening in Canada, after the voters threw out the tax and spend liberals that got them in the mess, then gave a clear majority to Harper, is the policies he has/will implement that is growing Canada's economy through less taxes, more energy, less government, all conservative principles.
The liberals with Paul Martin as Finance Minister are the ones who laid the foundation for the fiscal situation you see now. They were the ones who reigned in spending, slashed budgets and turned the country from one of the worst performing in the G7 to one of the best. It has NOTHING to do with Harper.
Harper got his majority (slim majority) because the Liberal candidate was appalling; if they actually had someone decent it would have been a minority government again.
Then again, don't let facts confuse you.
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