Mr. Speaker, we had an excellent meeting with the private sector economists. They pointed out, as we all know, that there is considerable short term uncertainty but they were quite confident as to the medium and longer terms.
They also pointed out that Canada was in much better financial shape to weather this storm as a result of the actions taken by the government.
They also pointed out the dramatic difference between the financial conditions in Canada today and those in 1990 when the hon. member's party was in power.