#Canada: Pierre Poilievre is leading. Conrad Black, National Post

May 27, 2022, 12:41 AM

Photo:  Poilievre argues that large budget deficits are the reason for inflation.  Poilievre proposes implementing a pay-as-you-go law, requiring the government to offset any new spending with a cut elsewhere. Here: Structural (blue) and cyclical (green) components are summed to give the headline deficit/surplus (red) for a hypothetical economy 


#Canada: Pierre Poilievre is leading. Conrad Black, National Post

Conrad Black, @ConradMBlack  @nationalpost  Baron Black of Crossharbour, KSG; British former newspaper publisher; prolific author