The federal Liberals are taking the approach that they are because the debt to GDP ratio is manageably low, they explained that during their election campaign and it was the big difference maker that put them on the road to victory. Both Harper and the NDP chose to pretend that they could run a healthy economy without investment. Debt to GDP is NOT an issue and the economy has improved substantially.

In addition after raising the spectre of a rising debt to GDP ratio, you then cover your backside by stating that "It's also entirely possible that recent economic growth would have happened anyway"! When Mulcair pointed out that Canada's currency was turning into an overpriced petrodollar and that sectors outside oil and gas would benefit from a drop in the value of the loonie, he was ridiculed by the right. I'm not an NDP supporter but I sure agreed with Mulcair on that and posted several times that we should see our export markets improve as the dollar fell.