"Canadians know that the promise of a recession didn't happen because of anything we did here. If you look at all the causes of the recession, problems in mortgage markets, the problems in the banking sector, the problems in government finance in countries like Greece, none of those problems were in present Canada"

In this quote, former Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper is mentioning that Canadians understand that their nation did not add to the worldwide economic crisis. He describes that the recession was brought on by concerns in other nations such as the home mortgage market, banking sector, and federal government financial resources in places like Greece. Harper stresses that Canada did not have any of these issues, and therefore, can not be blamed for the economic downturn. This quote highlights the idea that Canada was not responsible for the financial downturn and reinforces the nation's credibility as a stable and well-managed economy.