Speeches

• May 16, 2000

  Opening Statement before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance

  Opening statement Gordon Thiessen House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance

  Last week, we released our eleventh Monetary Policy Report. Since our November Report, the Canadian economy has outperformed expectations. Bolstered by vigorous external and domestic demand, Canada's economic expansion strengthened in the second half of 1999 and into early 2000.

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• May 11, 2000

  Release of the Monetary Policy Report

  Opening statement Gordon Thiessen

  This morning we released our latest Monetary Policy Report. The outlook that we see for Canadian economic growth and inflation is very positive. The economy has outperformed expectations since our November Report and the underlying trend of inflation has been lower than expected. With the global economy gaining momentum and greater demand at home, we […]

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