Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
I want to begin by welcoming Mr. Carney and thanking him for accepting our invitation, although we would have liked to have been sufficiently interesting to attract him when he was in London. But we are happy to see him today.
I also want to say that one of the first articles written about him that I read said he was taking French courses.
So, you've done that. Good for you! The answers you gave my colleagues from the Bloc Québécois reflect your academic background: you learn very quickly and your answers were excellent.
This has nothing to do with you, but I find it regrettable that, in the history of Canada, there has never been a Francophone Governor of the Bank of Canada. However, you do speak French which, by definition, makes you a Francophone. I want to extend my sincere congratulations to you on the quality of your French, as seen in the way you expressed yourself today in front of the Committee.
I am a little like my friends in the Bloc Québécois. I am somewhat concerned about the destabilization of our economy right now, with the overheating that is occurring in the oil patch. I am going to get started because I have a feeling, based on the way the meeting has been going, that we will have two rounds.