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   From: RESIGN@yahoo.ch   
      
   Harper has the worst economic record of any P.M. since 1935. Here are   
   national average annual GDP growth rates, over the terms of Prime   
   Ministers, since 1935:   
      
   William Lyon MacKenzie King, 1935-1948: 6.24 %   
   Louis St. Laurent, 1948-1957: 5.20 %   
   John Diefenbaker, 1957-1963: 3.78 %   
   Lester Pearson, 1963-1968: 5.43 %   
   Pierre Trudeau, 1968-1979: 4.28 %   
   Pierre Trudeau, 1980-1984: 2.16 %   
   Brian Mulroney, 1984-1993: 2.51 %   
   Jean Chretien, 1993-2003: 3.32 %   
   Paul Martin, 2003-2006: 2.71 %   
   Stephen Harper, 2006-present: 1.68 %   
      
   http://business.financialpost.com/investing/canada-is-already-in   
   a-recession-says-bank-of-america-and-the-loonie-is-set-to-get-ha   
   mered?__lsa=7930-f18b   
      
   Canada is already in a recession, says Bank of America, and the loonie   
   is set to get hammered   
      
   Bank of America Merrill Lynch has become the first bank to call for a   
   Canadian recession this year.   
      
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