Deficit Reported for Aug2008 in monthly Fiscal Monitor report

Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 3:36 PM

To: "jflaherty@fin.gc.ca" , Rt Hon Stephen Harper
Cc: consltcomm@fin.gc.ca, finpub@fin.gc.ca,


Mr Minister & Mr Prime Minister,

Very fast work.

The election was over less than 10 days ago and already you've produced new data on the annual budget's progress that was unavailable to you and us at that time.

Bourque.com alerted me that the Fiscal Monitor had been released today (html last rev 10/24/08) and I thank you and your department/government's zeal in distributing this newly gathered info in such a timely fashion.

Talk about dedication - you must have gone right back to work to get this out so fast. I had half-expected you folks to have taken some time off ... to relax a bit after the election campaign.

Boy, was I wrong! Again ... thanks for the extra effort.

Oh, by the way, is there anything else we should know - Fiscally, Monetarily, Economically, Militarily etc that you've become aware of since the 14th?--

Robert (Rob) Ede,