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Double-Digit Inflation: Parizeau

Parizeau: Still, no one seemed too worried about the debt piling up. Mr. Parizeau could count on double-digit inflation to make the previous years deficit look smaller. And the massive cohort of postwar baby boomers the largest and best-educated group of taxpayers ever was just entering the work force. Even when recession hit, Mr. Parizeau could always count on an even headier recovery. More Related to this Story, according to Globe and Mail. GREGORY THOMAS Judging Harper by his own fiscal standards During his eight-year stint as Quebecs professorial finance minister between 1976 and 1984, Jacques Parizeau never once balanced the books. Whether the economy was good or bad, he ran huge deficits that make those incurred during the recent recession look like pocket change. JIM STANFORD Canadas tax cycle is turning, and for the better (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.