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For the record, prepared notes for Finance Minister Joe Oliver at the Economic Club of Canada on April 8:
Good morning everyone. Let me begin by thanking Colleen Johnston for that kind introduction, and the Economic Club of Canada for hosting me today. It’s great to be back.
I find myself speaking before one of the few audiences in Canada that may enjoy an economics joke. So let me seize this opportunity, and open with the words of a former Congressman: “Balancing the budget,” he mused, “is like going to heaven.”
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Source: Macleans