Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to our two witnesses here today.
I am listening to your comments and thinking back to about a year ago. A lot of things have changed in a year. We had no idea where we were headed, but I would like to go to the role our finance minister certainly played. There was a reason he was named finance minister of the year. I think people don't realize the role you play. You go to these meetings too, Governor, and interact with your counterparts. I'd just like you to reflect on that, and we'll follow up with some of your comments yesterday that I think follow along that theme of Canada's role in trying to make sure we stay the course.
I'd like some comments from you on Canada's role in that. I sense it's larger, perhaps, than most Canadians recognize. We were a major part of the recovery because we were the ones who were pushing and continued to push on staying the course with this stimulus money--it was the right decision, and it's turning out to be proven that way.
You talk about our conditions having improved but only minimally, so if you could, just explain to us the role you play and your interaction with central bank governors from other countries--G-8 and G-20, for example.