Are we now back to present era dollars or 2015 equivalents? LOL. You seem all over the map when you get cornered in lies and switch channels so easy. When do you want to get back to JTZ's problem of casting us back into deficits so easily being he also inherited a surplus that has quickly moved into deficits that will be at least triple what he originally promised?
You do realize that if JTZ continues this pace he will add more to the debt in half the time of Harper.

Yah, admittedly the Mulroney era was pretty bleak but it was quite difficult weaning Canadians from Trudeau Sr.'s philosophy a country can never be properly run without deficits. Trudeau set the debt trend which was difficult to break. But also remember back then Mulroney funded 50% of health care and the feds only cover 20% now.

Mulroney recognized the deficit trend mentality was unsustainable with debt servicing eating so much of the budget and was why he gave Chretien the greatest gift to correct things..... the GST