Martin’s delusional ravings have become so unhinged that one really wonders how long he can carry on before the Globe yanks his column. In his first year in power Trudeau broke almost every economic promise he had made, regarding deficits, debt-to-GDP ratios and most notably growth. The Liberal fiscal plan in September 2015 took the Bank of Canada’s July 2015 forecast for 2016 real GDP growth as its benchmark: 2.3% growth, although of course Liberal stimulus would allow them to achieve something better. The actual growth rate was a pathetic 1.4%, worse than the UK, the US or the euro area. Trudeau used to sneer that all Harper had to boast about was Canada was doing better than Europe. It is more than he can say for himself.