One of Mr. Kohn's assessments was that "the committee structure greatly complicates transparency; it is far easier to determine and publish the views of a single person than it is those of a Committee with nine individually accountable members." 12 The response of the MPC was that "this is particularly true of one important  12  See Kohn (2000).
Here’s the bottom line: when we take into account the impact on the global economy and commodity prices, trade conflicts and uncertainty are projected to reduce the level of Canadian GDP by as much as 2 percent by the end of 2021. Staff did some excellent work to inform our discussion, and you can see the results in Box 2 of the MPR.