How would you describe your position on the Canadianfederal government budget deficit and the federal government debtnow as compared to prior to the section on fiscal policy?Forexample,have you changed your thinking?Are your less concerned or more concernednowabout the Canadian federal government debt andFederal 2020deficit?What factors have influenced your position?

Some follow up questions that may help you form a position are:

• Had you thought much about the debt to GDP ratio?
• Do you feel more informed and therefore more aware of the issues andmagnitudeof the situation?
• Does the fact that historicalgovernmentdebt loads have been reduced reassuring?
• Are you intrigued by some of the suggestions for taxes to pay down the debt in the future?
• Were you already fairly informed on the issues and have not changed your position?
• Are you starting to question some of your assumptions about the deficit?
• Are you wondering about the viability of paying down the debt in the future given the changing structure of the economy?

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