What the Toronto Star says

The Toronto Star says Stephen Harper is stealing the spotlight on the economy. But let's get this straight, Stephen Harper has a degree in economics so he should be the best man to manage the economy right? Let's look at the Liberal Star and it' s Opinion. It says that Harper's been " a competent economic manager, but not an outstanding one." Is that what he's suppose to be? Outstanding? What about Michael Ignatieff, or Dalton McGuinty and the Ontario liberals, are they perfect. Not really, because he's running a deficit. To continue, Fiscal discipline: It says there was a $13 billion dollar surplus when the Tories took power, further, they compare the Government to a Chief Executive in charge of a Company, What I'd like to know is, how do you compare any Government spending to a Corporation or a CEO facing tough questions? If the business looses money, it would eventually, if not now, go bankrupt, A Government would raise taxes. It doesn't go out of business. Further, If his predecessor did have a 13 billion surplus, doesn't that prove that taxes were to high to begin with. Next: It says economic growth in Canada was at 3.2%. Lower then the U.S. Australia, and Mexico. What I would like to say is this: Is that important? The point is there was growth. That's still a lot better then a lot of other places around the World. Later: In it's topic of "Recession" it gives credit to Jean Chretien and liberals for it's banking regulations. Can we really be surprised by that. The Commentary concludes with Harper's performance being mixed. It says could've been worse, but with it's many advantages, it could have done better. I think it proves that this liberal newspaper is just trying to do it's best to bring back a liberal Government. I don't think that's going to happen anytime soon. Maybe the question to be asked is, how many more seats will the Conservatives win? Ever since when Stephen Harper stepped onto the political scene, the seat total has gone up, up, up. In 2004, it had 99 seats, 2006, 123 seats, 2008, 147 seats, 2011, ? Maybe a Majority. Pretty soon, we'll find out. It can be said also that the Toronto Star Opinion can be mixed. It says that Stephen Harper's management of the economy is not exactly outstanding, but it what about Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty's record. I'm sure it will be endorsing McGuinty this coming October. http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/967931--the-conservative-record-sharing-credit-on-the-economy