This post just for Esquif:

Quoting my first election post, "two independent think tanks who have scrutinized the party platforms conclude that the Conservative plan promises $30 billion or so more than it can afford." Independent econmists do no think the Conservative platform will balance! The NDP and Liberal platforms will balance. So the Conservatives supposed committment to the national debt is not reflected in their platform. So either its incompetence on their part or outright lying!