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| March 26, 2007 |
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Harper’s Second Budget: Middling Grades as Economic Instrument, Kudos as Election Device
A Weekly BDO Dunwoody CEO Business Leader Poll by COMPAS in the Financial Post |
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CEOs and business leaders on the COMPAS panel give Stephen Harper’s second budget a middling grade (on a school report card) as a budget or economic instrument - 63%, down from 76% for Harper’s first budget a year ago. In every instance where a comparable question was asked about the two budgets, Harper earns a lower grade today. Declines are especially marked on defence and security.
This time, we also asked the panel for its view of the budget as an electoral device. On that issue Harper earns a sterling grade - 76%. Panelists see the budget as the electoral device of a conservative minority government desirous of using the economic instruments of government to win electoral support where the government is weak. These are the key findings from the past week’s web survey of the COMPAS CEO and business leader panel undertaken for The Financial Post under sponsorship of BDO Dunwoody LLP. |
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