Last thoughts on Ralph Klein

I thought the prime minister gave an excellent speech in memoriam for Ralph.  http://o.canada.com/2013/04/05/prime-minister-stephen-harpers-remarks-at-ralph-klein-memorial/ .  BUT I am still right to ask: Did  Martha and Henry completely pay off their mortgage before buying school supplies, music lessons and sports equipment for their kids?  Completely eliminating the debt was an ideological self-indulgence paid for with revenue from non-renewable resources. All  it did was create an infrastructure deficit in place of the fiscal one, increasing our unhealthy dependence upon resource revenue in the process.