Second, stabilising inflation expectations is critical to ensuring enhanced investment activity in the private sector, which is a crucial element of current strategy for growth and welfare. Finally, our economy is now more integrated with the global economy, and hence, maintenance of price-stability is critical for ensuring financial stability.
But with so many excellent choices, we took a new approach to involve Canadians directly in the decision-making process. And boy, did Canadians get involved. We received over 26,000 nominations from coast to coast to coast. A great national conversation took place—in schools, in the press, and in social media—about the important contributions so many iconic women have made to our history.