Right and righter

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Most economists have at least grudgingly accepted the need for deficit spending to replace economic activity lost to the worldwide economic meltdown.

But when CBC Radio’s The Current sought to analyze Finance Minister Jim Flaherty’s miscalculation of the federal deficit, the national broadcaster’s idea of balance was to match Harper booster Janet Ecker with anti-tax zealot Kevin Gaudet.

Ecker is a former Ontario Tory finance minister who now toils for the Toronto Financial Services Alliance. Halifax native Gaudet is national director of the Canadian Taxpayers’ Federation.

With balance like that, who needs a center?