As predicted.

Well, in a follow up to yesterday's post we see this in the Globe and Mail:

The Harper government is warning that tough decisions lie ahead as its attention shifts to phasing out the stimulus and tackling the billions in red ink created by its two-year spending spree.

Just remember, if it were not for massive real-estate sales and a cool extra billion for selling off rights to the electromagnetic spectrum in Canada, both one time things, we would have been well into deficit BEFORE the credit crisis hit. It was predicted on many a blog that this would be coming when conservatives, who dislike government, got a hold of the reigns. It is a typical ploy to make government as inefficient as possible to justify what you want to do all along; namely, cut programs you don't like.

Expect the opposition to be blamed because the cons will say that they didn't actually want to spend the money but their hands were forced. Remember, it is never a conservatives fault. Sober second thought is never given, not even in hindsight.