I want to speak today about a different kind of headache: the prolonged lacklustre economic growth we are experiencing, here in Canada, but also globally. Canada’s economy has been in recovery since 2009 – for four years – yet economic growth still pales compared to the pre-crisis years.
Our colleagues from the government and all our partners in the private sector, we have enjoyed, as I said, a very fruitful partnership with USAID for quite some time now. The accomplishments [from our collaboration] are so easy to see: InstaPay, our fast payment system, and-of course-what is now a very efficient substitute for all checks, PESONet.