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TORONTO, July 30, 2015 /CNW/ - With Canada possibly slipping into another recession, a new comprehensive review of the economic record of Stephen Harper's Conservative government paints a damning portrait of nearly a decade of economic failure.

"Canada's economy has never performed worse, since the end of World War II, than under the present Conservative government. The Harper government ranks last among the nine post-ward governments, and by a wide margin – falling well behind the second worst government, which was the Mulroney government of 1984-93."

Make sure to watch the video where In just three minutes, economist Jim Stanford destroys the myth that Stephen Harper has been a good steward of our economy. He provides ample evidence to prove that Harper has the worst economic performance of any Prime Minister since World War II.

Jim Stanford's Video Report

Full Report in PDF form

Again this year MP Irene Mathyssen will be hosting a free income tax filing service at her London office for lower income Londoners.

Volunteers trained by the Canada Revenue Agency will be present to e-file 2014 tax returns for eligible individuals.

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As a result of Harper’s cuts to the GST, personal and corporate taxes, Ottawa now collects about $45 billion less revenue per year. No wonder we’re told we can’t afford anything but austerity. We’ll be told we can no longer afford a public health care system. What we won’t be told is that the revenue to pay for a public health care system has been spent already — in tax cuts.

By Linda McQuaig