Baffling Liberal reluctance to extend economic narrative to its logical conclusion

Telling Canadians there's a price to pay for Conservative economic mismanagement adds credibility to the Liberal argument that a profligate government blew an inherited $13-billion surplus and was far down the deficit path long before financial chaos stru

OTTAWA—Not much in the Commons Fun House is as it appears. Michael Ignatieff says he wants an election he doesn't, Stephen Harper says he doesn't want one he does and Jack Layton is swallowing himself whole by supporting a government he voted 79 times to defeat.

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