i want to bring in greg quinn for more. t it that the technical definition of a recession is two quarters of falling gdp or shrink and growth? -- shrinking growth? greg: there is one difference between canada and the u.s. we don't have the history -- the main definition is the technical one. two or more quarters of falling gdp. on that measure, we do have one. there is another team of economists who look at a broader array of things such as the job markets, inflation. over those suggest the economy is not in a recession. , twoloyment is below 7% points lower after the last recession. inflation stripping out energies above 2%, suggesting things are not that bad. mark: has there been much damage to canada outside of the energy sector? greg: most of the damage has come into alberta. outside of that, we still have concerns around the housing bubble. i mentioned the job growth is there. where does growth come from now? it has not been a good year for our manufacturers. the broader economy has not been damaged, but there's is not

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