Thank you, Mr. Chair.
As I was saying before the point of order, most external observers are saying that Canada is positioned better than other countries.
We have the London Telegraph, for example, during the most recent G-8 summit, lamenting a lack of leadership among the G-8 leaders, but then specifically singling out our prime minister for many positive things and wrapping up their article by saying that if the rest of the world had comported itself with similar modesty and prudence we might not be in this mess. They were talking specifically about our prime minister.
There was the World Economic Forum ranking our banking system number one in terms of stability, and the OECD and IMF both projecting that Canada will emerge stronger, a leader in growth.
Of course, going into this situation, we were the only G-8 country to be running surpluses for the last three years. In fact, every other G-8 country ran deficits in each of the last three years.
All of these external indicators are talking about Canada being positioned better than other countries. Maybe you could speak for a moment about what it is we've done that has put us in that situation.