Mr Thiessen evaluates the performance of the Canadian economy at the end of the 20th century Address by the Governor of the Bank of Canada, Mr Gordon Thiessen, before the Canada Club in London on 2 June 1999.
As the curtain comes down on the twentieth century and we move on to the next millennium, it is difficult to resist the temptation to be both retrospective and prospective. Ask Canadians to think back and many will tell you that the economy and they, as individuals, have been through some difficult times.