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   From: Panca@nyet.ca   
      
   He's always ignored them.  When they told him not to drop the GST rate, that it   
   could do real damage to the surplus that was left by the Liberal government,   
   Harper ignored them.   
   When they predicted slack economic growth, his finance minister predicted   
   robust growth and rising interest rates to combat inflation.  Inflation didn't   
   happen; the robust growth didn't happen; and interests rates stayed the same as   
   they've been since the recession - even dropping recently.   
      
   And here they are again, telling Harper that wild-ass spending [doubling of   
   'Childrens' Fitness Tax Credit] and introducing Income Tax Splitting [which   
   would benefit only those who make $100,000 or more annually] would do damage to   
   our economy.   
      
   Will he listen to them this time?  Sure as hell doesn't look like it . . . .   
   ____________________________________   
      
   — CP — Oct 15 2014   
      
   Tax cuts?   Ottawa must first consider falling oil prices, economists say   
      
      
   Economists are warning that Ottawa will have to weigh the potential risks of   
   plummeting oil prices before it starts doling out large tax cuts.   
      
   The federal finance minister has promised the government would live up to its   
   tax-cutting pledges despite a sharp fall in oil prices — thanks to a   
   projected   
   surplus in next year’s budget.   
      
   But some economists say Joe Oliver will be forced to pay close attention to the   
   slide since it could well affect Canada’s bottom line.   
      
   A former senior Finance Department bureaucrat says the country’s bank account   
   is very sensitive to the fate of oil prices.   
      
   Scott Clark says amid this uncertainty Oliver has been “almost unbelievably   
   optimistic” about the federal surplus and seems to be downplaying the impact   
   of   
   the oil prices.   
      
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