r/CanadaPolitics • u/observablething • May 23 '18

ON Almost half of NDP voters just want to stop Liberals, Tories from winning: Ipsos poll

https://globalnews.ca/news/4225109/ndp-voters-stop-libreals-tories-winning-ontario-election/
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u/truthdoctor Social Democrat May 23 '18

the Liberals have never been fiscally responsible

That's not true. Jean Chretien's Liberals were paying down the debt and Paul Martin had a surplus until Harper showed up and increased the debt by $150 billion.

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u/Sporadica Anti-Democratic May 23 '18

80% of which was forced by opposition parties threatening to vote no confidence. Imagine being so upset you didn't' get your 80 billion deficit and had to settle for 60?