While these quotations attributed to me are correct, they represent an incomplete response give to the questions Collins put to me. Indeed, since the headline is "G8 Attack Reflects Poorly on Canada: Experts" you might get the impression that I am one of the "experts" who holds that view. For the record, I am neither an expert nor do I hold that view. In fact, when asked specifically by Collins if that's what I believed, I replied that the attack did not reflect in any way on Canada simply because most other delegations don't pay much attention to Canada. Canadians think it makes a difference to our world standing but I have seen no evidence when I'm at these summits that it makes a difference one way or the other.

" .. small entry level vehicles are hurting as much as any other size of vehicle. These are much lower priced obviously so one would think that they would be drawing in consumers from other segments. This may be true but these vehicles also play to the lower quartile of consumers from an economic perspective and these are the consumers most hurt from the recession and therefore are not buying. The best performing segments are the large/luxury/sport segment "

Next year, TD says, it will get a bit better with all provinces seeing real GDP provinces, led by B.C. which should post 2.1 per cent GDP growth. Every economist has a different view of what they consider healthy GDP growth but most would say that, for Canada, healthy growth is in the 2-3 per cent range. TD believes Canada's GDP growth in 2010 will be well below that at just 1.4 per cent. And, with the exception of B.C., no province is expected to see growth of two per cent.