With all due respect Mr. Harper, you are wrong on stimulus spending

A vast body of academic research casts serious doubt on the ability of government stimulus spending to boost economic activity.

VANCOUVER, B.C.—A new Fraser Institute study published two weeks ago, Did Government Stimulus Fuel Economic Growth in Canada? An Analysis of Statistic Canada Data, found the federal government's deficit-financed $47.2-billion Economic Action Plan had virtually no impact on last year'...

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