I'll just ignore the comment by the previous poster and will add that I never thought Canadians carried that much debt. I always was under the impression that we are better with finances compared to Americans.
About the government - they admitted last week that worse times are approaching.
I really don't know what to think anymore but when a friend of mine in US told me yesterday that 4000 people line up for 350 jobs it sounded really scary and depressing.