Feds report fiscal 2014/15 sees a $1.9 billion surplus

But the collapse in oil prices and global fiscal turmoil raised doubts about those forecasts.

“The protection of our economy is our No. 1 priority”, Harper, who is campaigning in British Columbia, said in his statement.

He also warned that, given continued economic uncertainty around the globe, Canada needs to be prudent and adjust its fiscal plans accordingly. Harper said, “I see zero to little risk that we will have anything other than a surplus for the second year in a row based on the trajectory we are on”.

Since Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s election call on August 2, the governing Conservatives have been buffeted by good news-bad news economic numbers.

He said the Liberals and New Democrats would only drive up taxes and set Canada on a path of never-ending deficits.

“This is a ritual normally characteristic of conquering and warlike countries”, Chretien said.

“This is incredibly good news”, he said at a press conference in Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo, B.C., where incumbent MP Cathy McLeod is trying to hold off a strong push by the NDP Balwinder Sundhu.

“You know he’s making promises in the billions of dollars, but he will not have a deficit”, Chretien said of Mulcair’s campaign pledges. “We have to make sure that refugees have been cleared from a security standpoint and we don’t think it’s responsible to just send planes over and open the doors like Mr. Mulcair has said, and let anybody jump into the plane”.

Harper initially told the crowd they were taking their message of lower taxes, a balanced budget, more jobs and every vote matters to every corner of this country.

Looking forward, the Tories have predicted a $1.4-billion surplus for the current 2015-16 fiscal year – a projection opponents insist the government is unlikely to hit. The three major party leaders are preparing for The Globe and Mail leaders’ debate this Thursday in Calgary and it will focus entirely on the economy.

“But it’s not just financial health that matters”.

“We urgently need to reform our immigration system so that it is effective, efficient and consistent with Canadian values”, said Dias.

Trudeau stated the actual concern is what he referred to as a deficit in spending on transit, bridges and different infrastructure: “That’s what’s slowing down our progress”.

This indeed suggests that since the late 1960s, a new, “Trudeau consensus” or “left-liberal consensus” has enveloped Canada – which it is very hard to counteract.

Shortly after the figures were released, Trudeau said Canada remains in deficit this year and blamed the country’s economic woes on cuts made by the Conservatives in pursuit of a balanced budget.

And now, Pierre Elliott Trudeau’s son, Justin, who is currently the leader of the federal Liberal Party, has a considerable chance of winning the upcoming federal election, expected in October 2015.

A former Harper aide went on trial for influence-peddling on Monday in Ottawa, adding to the scandal that has helped undermine the Conservatives. McKenna believes that even among Conservative followers, “there’s a real sense of disappointment with the sort of anti-democratic nature of the Harper government“.

If that seems woolly-minded or naive, notice that the Canadian government’s position appears to be hurting it in the polls, or that the Australian government said Wednesday that it will permanently resettle 12,000 more Syrian refugees regardless of their religion, or that even Donald Trump has now said the USA should take in more Syrians.

Mulcair was up early in Vancouver for one of the dullest photo-op announcements of the campaign.