Even as it recovers, the economy is adapting to structural I would like to thank Dany Brouillette, Karyne Charbonneau, Erik Ens and Corinne Luu for their help in preparing this speech. Not for publication before February 23, 2021 12:30 Eastern Time  -2changes, and some workers will need to shift to jobs in faster-growing sectors.
Former US President John F. Kennedy once said, “The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word ‘crisis.’ One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity. In a crisis, be aware of the danger—but recognize the opportunity.” The COVID-19 crisis is so unprecedented that we shouldn’t let it go to waste. We should derive important lessons from this crisis moving forward.