Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Finance. He will probably be aware that President Clinton has just gone on national television to warn the nation of the dangers of the spreading global financial crisis. He is likely also aware that the chairman of Europe's largest bank has resigned in the last 24 hours over a billion dollar loss from his bank, as well as the resignation of a number of his senior directors.
I do not want the minister to go through the usual mantra of the fundamentals being in place. Could the Minister of Finance tell the House and millions of concerned Canadians what is the precise extent of the exposure of Canada's chartered banks to—