flaherty tried this once before.

at the end of mike harris' reign of terror, flaherty claimed the province was finally coming out of years of deficit.

upon analysis of the books, it was found that he was hiding an enormous shortfall.

fire sales or not, flaherty doesn't have any credibility.

(and it's not like i care if the government is in debt or not, anyways)

http://behindthenumbers.ca/2013/11/13/balanced-budget-come-hell-or-service-cuts-or-asset-fire-sales/