The worse things look for the economy and Canadians, the better they seem to get for the federal government's treasury. As there's a large probability of many in North America having a deficit this year. ... say. "The minister of finance is being overly prudent again," says Dale Orr, managing director of Global Insight Canada. Orr predicts the government will wind up with a surplus ... as Farmer's Almanac Predicts Colder, 'Catastrophic' Winter http://www.topix.net/forum/tech/T95CKILOQLVRPNARE People worried about the high cost of keeping warm this winter will draw little comfort from the Farmers' Almanac, which predicts below-average temperatures for most of the USA ...