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They are all fact. Here's some background.
- Fact. Background: on Oct. 20, the Toronto Stock Exchange's main index suffered its worst weekly loss in almost 70 years. The Canadian dollar had its biggest one-day drop in almost 40 years.
- Fact. Background: the TSX dropped 35 per cent in 2008, causing millions of Canadians' investments and savings to plummet.
- Fact. Background: this statement became well known in the 2008 campaign among people who receive arts funding and their supporters.
- Fact. Background: the Liberals were not elected and the Conservatives won a minority government. The Bank of Canada declared Canada on Dec. 10, 2008, that Canada was entering a recession.
- Fact. Background: the federal government will run a $34-billion deficit in the coming fiscal year and a $30-billion deficit in the following year, a senior government official said on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2009.
- Fact. Background: Harper said this in an interview with the CBC's Peter Mansbridge one week before the 2008 federal election.
- Fact. Background: Harper reacting to questions from reporters about priorities in future program cuts.
- Fact. Background: Harper said this during a speech at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Peru.
- Fact. Background: In a speech to chief executives of companies from the 20 Pacific Rim countries that make up APEC, Prime Minister Harper compared the current economic crisis to the one in 1929.
- Fact. Background: Prime Minister Stephen Harper said this in a CTV television interview.
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