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Harper’s continuity deficit

It seemed like only yesterday our economist Prime Minister was denying a crisis was coming to Canada. It was actually three months ago.

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So from this:

“My own belief is if we were going to have some kind of big crash or recession, we probably would have had it by now,” said Stephen Harper on September 14, 2008.

To this:

“What will be more realistic in terms of the kind of stimulus our economy will need, is going to be in the $20 to $30 billion range,” he said December 17, 2008.

But to better illustrate the bewildering thought process of our PM, Calgary Grit, who actually blogs from Toronto, presents these charts. Click to enlarge.

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