Heather Scoffield: Few are afraid of the ballooning deficit. But do Canada’s leaders know how to turn the economic tide?

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is a cheeky small-c conservative interest group that knows how to get a rise out of people with its gimmicks. Remember the inflatable Mike Duffy they launched to represent Senate largesse, or the giant national debt clock that ticked its way into our national psyche in the 1990s?