Quote by Stephen Harper
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.
Summary
This quote suggests that Canadians attribute the absence of a recession in their country to the fact that the issues that caused economic downturns in other nations, such as problems in mortgage markets, banking sectors, and government finances, were not prevalent in Canada. It implies that Canadians believe their own financial stability and prudent decision-making prevented them from being directly affected by the global recession.