Frayed stock-market nerves show it’s no time to change economic plan: Harper
Posted Aug 24, 2015 11:35:46 AM.
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DRUMMONDVILLE, Que. — Stephen Harper says now is not the time to try new and untested economic strategies.
Against a background of plunging stock markets around the world, a dollar down by almost a cent and oil prices below $40 US a barrel, Harper is urging voters to stick with the Conservative economic plan.
He says his political opponents are on the wrong track, proposing strategies that he says would result in more spending, deeper deficits and higher taxes.
He says that’s the wrong approach for the economy at a time of profound global instability.
After more than a week of relentless questions about the Mike Duffy trial, the market instability give Harper a chance to steer Conservative campaign message his way, promoting themes of experience, fiscal prudence and low taxes.
He’s urging voters to stick to a plan that has worked and is working.
