Harper government left ?bare cupboard? for Liberals, new Treasury Board president says | National Post
Conservatives based their $1.4-billion, 2015-16 surplus projection ?? from April??s federal budget ?? on one-time asset sales and optimistic growth forecasts.
??Growth has slowed since then ?? there??s about a one-point (difference) from the growth numbers that were projected at that time and what is actually materializing,? he said of the spring budget.
??It??s not exactly a surprise to us that the Harper government didn??t leave a lot of fiscal capacity.?