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Re: Recession challenges Harper and Conservatives, Sept. 1.

It seems clear that Canada has been in recession for all of 2015 so far, and the Conservative government’s response has been to hold the line, do nothing, and blame external economic forces that, strangely enough, have not affected other G7 countries to the same extent.

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One can only conclude that the Conservative attack ad using an out-of-context quote from Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is what they are really hoping for … that the budget will balance itself.

Peter Haley, Ottawa

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