Canada looks good around the world. This is a great opportunity for business and for Canadians around the world to seize the day, quite frankly, and to build on what we have. The rest of the world looks at Canada as a safe haven, as a very good place to do business. As I said, we have the strongest financial system in the entire world, with strong financial institutions at a time when financial institutions in some other parts of the world are facing challenges, and we are fiscally sound at the federal level. That puts us in a good place.
On August 19th, 2011. See this statement in context.