I can tell you for myself, as Minister of Finance, that last week I had my annual policy retreat, which included business people and economists, academics, and others from across the country. As you know, I meet regularly with Canadian economists. They're quite satisfied that they have access to the government and provide advice. I have an economic advisory council that I meet with regularly during the course of the year. We get lots of advice and we're open to listening. Quite frankly, some of the best advice I've received in the past more than five years has been from private sector economists, and I welcome their advice.
On August 19th, 2011. See this statement in context.