When the Conservatives first won power, they inherited a country in great financial shape.
The Liberals had been generating surpluses for nine years, and the country
had an operating surplus of nearly $14 billion.
Cut to Great Economic He-Man Harper and his Majority Rulers.
They spent it all, and then some....
After two years, they were running a deficit of $5.8 billion.
Add that to the Liberal's surplus, and they managed to blow $24 BILLION!
Since then, they have been in deficit each and every year.
Under Harper federal debt has increased by over $150 billion,
If you like this kind of thing, you can read all the gory financial details here...
No matter how you add it up, Harper’s fiscal record is a catastrophe