OTTAWA -- The governing Conservatives say questions surrounding Greece's future in the Eurozone after that country rejected the terms of a bailout agreement are reason to re-elect the Tories in the fall vote.
In a statement released Monday, a spokesman for Prime Minister Stephen Harper highlighted three-year-old comments from NDP Leader Tom Mulcair about his belief the government should have given money to a global fund to prop up faltering European banks.
The statement also questioned Liberal support for the same plan put forward by the International Monetary Fund and G20 nations, which the Conservatives ultimately turned down.
The NDP put out a statement as well Monday afternoon, questioning the Conservative record on the economy, highlighting that Canada's GDP has shrunk for four consecutive months.
Economists say the threat to Canada's economy from the situation in Greece is minimal because many European banks have unloaded their Greek debt.
In a research note to clients, BMO economists say the European Central Bank has enough firepower to ensure there is no "meaningful contagion" from the problems in Greece.
