I tell this story to remind colleagues that when the economic crisis first bloomed, and it became very clear that our government had to act and had to act very strongly, our Minister of Finance, our Prime Minister—our government—took great care to focus on where we were and where we had to get to and created the first economic action plan.
Je relate cette histoire afin de rappeler aux députés que, lorsque la crise a commencé à prendre de l'ampleur et que, à l'évidence, le gouvernement devait agir, et très vigoureusement, le ministre des Finances et le premier ministre — le gouvernement — ont examiné très sérieusement l'état de la situation et la direction à prendre.