text: Joe, you have no idea what you are talking about.  
  The record (and they weren't record, Trudeau Senior's were higher on a share of GDP basis), deficits were a direct result of the worst global recession since the 1930s and massive spending to fight the recession.  As a result, Canada regained all lost ground in output and employment before any other developed country.
  Harper also left Trudeau 2 balanced budges and a growing economy.
  Trudeau instantly brought us back into deficit (just like his dad in 1973) and that deficit will be 2 to 3 times what Trudeau promised.
  I can live with spending cuts, oh hell, how about just holding the line on sending instead of massive deficits while the economy is growing.  That will be enough to ensure a good future.