We need to do many things to improve the performance of our agriculture sector; improving the flow of agricultural credit is one of the important ones. This requires effort from all the three institutional segments – commercial banks, RRBs and cooperatives.
We have seen firming prices for non-energy commodities, rising oil prices, flat or falling prices for many consumer goods, and dramatic reductions in the prices of communications services and computer equipment. Today, I want to talk about the kinds of adjustments that the Canadian economy is making to these forces.