Mr. Chair, we believe, and this is what we have said in our document, that the strong fundamentals in Canada, whether economic, financial, or in the fiscal foundation, have led to a better performance during the global slowdown and in the recovery than is the case with some other economies. This is also reflected in better employment performance than elsewhere and in more creation of jobs by Canadian businesses.
Clearly, the strength of the Canadian economy through that period was not driven by a strong global economy. We did suffer on the export side particularly in that year, so that was not the source of all this job creation. As I said before, it's the domestic economy; we believe that the strong fundamentals we had entering the crisis and after the crisis helped a lot to support that creation of wealth and jobs.