Vertaling van "conservatives was tossed out—with a surplus totalling $80 billion " (Engels → Frans) :

The current government has inherited the best financial situation it could have hoped for—and certainly one better than it was in 1993 when the last gang of Conservatives was tossed out—with a surplus totalling $80 billion today.
Le gouvernement actuel a hérité de la meilleure situation financière possible — certainement meilleure que celle de 1993, quand la dernière bande de conservateurs a été éjectée —, soit d'un surplus de 80 milliards de dollars aujourd'hui.

More people were paying in, fewer people were taking out and a surplus was created. When the Conservatives did away with EI's inclusion in general revenues, they once again created a stand-alone regime, and that system is now $9 billion in arrears.
Quand les conservateurs ont arrêté de verser les cotisations d'assurance-emploi dans les recettes générales, ils ont de nouveau créé un régime autonome, et ce système affiche maintenant des pertes de 9 milliards de dollars.