shrink government
Big-spender Harper true to his neoconservative roots
By. Eugene Lang, Toronto Star
A new conventional wisdom has emerged. The Harper government has been labelled moderate, centrist – even "liberal."
This characterization is due entirely to the large fiscal deficits that have emerged on the Harper watch – $56 billion next year alone – deficits the government admits with a shrug will extend for several years.
No self-respecting conservative government could tolerate such profligacy, or so goes the critique. The Harperites have lost their way, abandoned their guiding philosophy, sold out to those soft-headed, big government political parties for which deficits are regarded as a normal part of governing.
