Kurl: Yes, dipping into deficit could hurt the Liberals over time

Not since the mid-1990s – a time when our deficit represented nine per cent of GDP, a time of credit downgrades, when the Wall Street Journal called Canada an “honorary member of the Third World” – have Canadians identified the deficit and government spending as one of the most important issues in the country today.
In the wake of a federal budget notable for, among other things, running deficits until 2023, the Conservative Party has been loudly decrying the Liberals, wh