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Harper: Canada's 2020 deficit exceeded his entire final federal budget
“In Canada, and you know, we thought I had run a large deficit back in, in, in in Canada last year, the fiscal year just completed, the deficit of the federal government will be 30% higher than my entire last budget.”
Harper: Post-pandemic inflation will force central banks to hike interest rates
“Now you're getting consumer inflation, and what happens, Joe, I mean, let's say we've been through this movie before, what happens is, at some point, this requires interest rate hikes. And as soon as you have interest rate hikes, you have impacts on investment…”
Harper: Before Trump, no Western country agreed China was a threat
“Prior to President Trump, there was not an agreed There was not an agreed posture in any Western country that China was actually a long-term threat. Now, it happened to be my view, but it was, I can tell you, it was not really shared by very many people.”
Harper: US borrowing trillions at zero percent will end quickly
“The people believe the United States can continue to borrow countless trillions of dollars at zero percent. Not only do I believe that's not true, I believe that's actually coming to an end much quicker than people think.”
Harper: China relies on social control due to low natural immunity
“The Chinese population is now one of the least naturally immunized through infections in the world, and one of the least effectively vaccinated populations in the world, and actually now the extraordinary level of social and economic control they've had to imp…”
Harper: Canada's slow vaccine rollout reflects Trudeau government's poor execution
“All I'll say is when we were in government, we never had any trouble, problem making sure we had vaccinations, vaccines well in advance and getting them distributed. So it's just a matter of competent execution.”