Economists warn Harper government not to cut back on program spending

TD's Don Drummond also says if government had not cut GST, Prime Minister Stephen Harper would not be starting second term heading into a projected $10-billion deficit next year.

OTTAWA—If Prime Minister Stephen Harper had not cut the GST by two percentage points in his first mandate, he would not be starting his second heading into a projected $10-billion deficit for the 2009-2010 fiscal year, but government spending has been on the rise since before the federal Co...

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