Harper is covering his 'surplus' ass . . . .

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Now the lying from the Cons starts . . . . heading into a federal election with
the cupboards bare. Anyone really think that Finance Minister Joe Oliver
factored in the falling price of oil - considering they'd already made
announcements on how to spend the small surplus they had - BEFORE the price of
oil plunged?

These truly are Cons . . . . and it's more than an abbreviation of their
party's name.
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Thu Dec 4, 2014

Canada's Harper confident of budget balance despite cheap oil

OTTAWA (Reuters) - The sharp decline in oil prices should not prevent Canada's
Conservative government from balancing its budget next fiscal year, Prime
Minister Stephen Harper said on Thursday.

He noted that the federal government does not get direct royalties from oil
companies, though it does receive corporate taxes; and he said Finance Minister
Joe Oliver had provided for cheap oil in the fall economic and fiscal update he
presented on Nov. 12.

"This has a complex effect upon the economy, complex effect upon ultimately our
federal finances, but for greater assurance, in the fall federal fiscal update
the minister of finance made considerable allowance for additional uncertainty
generated by the fall in oil price, so we remain very confident that the budget
will be in balance next year," Harper told a televised news conference in
Markham, Ontario.

[Alan Baker]

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Now the lying from the Cons starts . . . . heading into a federal
election with the cupboards bare. Anyone really think that Finance
Minister Joe Oliver factored in the falling price of oil - considering
they'd already made announcements on how to spend the small surplus
they had - BEFORE the price of oil plunged?

Why not?

You imagine that the government is paying as little attention to this
as you might be?

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These truly are Cons . . . . and it's more than an abbreviation of
their party's name.
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Thu Dec 4, 2014
Canada's Harper confident of budget balance despite cheap oil
OTTAWA (Reuters) - The sharp decline in oil prices should not prevent
Canada's Conservative government from balancing its budget next fiscal
year, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said on Thursday.
He noted that the federal government does not get direct royalties from
oil companies, though it does receive corporate taxes; and he said
Finance Minister Joe Oliver had provided for cheap oil in the fall
economic and fiscal update he presented on Nov. 12.
"This has a complex effect upon the economy, complex effect upon
ultimately our federal finances, but for greater assurance, in the fall
federal fiscal update the minister of finance made considerable
allowance for additional uncertainty generated by the fall in oil
price, so we remain very confident that the budget will be in balance
next year," Harper told a televised news conference in Markham, Ontario.