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CHIMO Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-27-11 08:12 PM
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Harper says world economic outlook 'not so positive'
Source: CBC News

Prime Minister Stephen Harper emerged from a meeting with Finance Minister Jim Flaherty and Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney in Ottawa saying the world economic picture is "not so positive."

Flaherty and Carney were briefing Harper Tuesday on last weekend's meetings in Washington with the International Monetary Fund and G20 finance ministers and central bankers.



Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2011/09/27/pol-harper-carney-flaherty-meet.html





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marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-27-11 08:15 PM
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1. A rocket scientist the doughy PM is.
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Joe Shlabotnik Donating Member (45 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-27-11 08:54 PM
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2. operation paperclip kinda rocket scientist! nt
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Katashi_itto Donating Member (189 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-27-11 10:16 PM
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3. We are so screwed. They are actually admitting it. Course its really not a bad thing.
Trillions of derivative dollars will simply go away. The system will adjust...course it's the adjustment period thats going to be rough.
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provis99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-27-11 10:28 PM
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4. and he's trying to help by crashing Canada's economy.
Liberal policies saved Canada from the problems that affected other first world countries, and Harper wants to do his best to correct that.
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No Elephants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-28-11 05:08 AM
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5. Why, thank you, Captain Obvious!
Edited on Wed Sep-28-11 05:08 AM by No Elephants
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lunatica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-28-11 05:11 AM
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6. And another shocker. The color of the sky is blue
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raccoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-28-11 07:47 AM
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7. What a mealy-mouthed way to say it. nt
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