From: utzoo!utcsrgv!peterr
Newsgroups: can.general
Title: Isn't a huge trade surplus good for something?
Article-I.D.: utcsrgv.1060
Posted: Fri Feb 18 01:29:43 1983
Received: Fri Feb 18 03:04:46 1983

One of the things that puzzles me is how the media blithely reports that Canada
has had record trade surplus figures during the last year and makes no comment
as to whether this is good or bad.  One would think it is good, and one would
expect the Opposition to scold the government for Canada's high relative
unemployment compared to countries with trade deficits.  Someone is missing
something somewhere, and the media certainly hasn't told me what it all means.
If someone knows what it does mean, I'd be grateful if they'd post a
discussion of it to this group.    p.rowley, UoT.