David Longworth: The crucial contribution of the financial system and monetary policy to economic development Remarks by Mr David Longworth, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Canada, to the Conference of the Association des économistes québécois, Montréal, 5 May 2006. *  *  *  The panellists in the preceding workshop challenged us economists to be more lucid and convincing.
I will do my best not to disappoint you with my speech today, especially since I am genuinely grateful for this opportunity to address a subject as interesting as the topic of this conference. Over the past few days, you have examined some of the broad trends that have been observed in finance, as well as their implications for economic development.