My wife was at a function yesterday that Bill Clinton was the main speaker. He spoke a lot about world economics and had the following to say about Canada. Sure helps to hear some optimism about mining in Canada.

'After that, the former president delivered a speech that was vintage Bill Clinton -- erudite, informed, and infused with both gravitas and folksy wisdom.

He called Larry Summers, his former treasury secretary now picked by Barack Obama to be the president-elect's top economic advisor, "the smartest man on the planet. If he's not, he's so close you can't tell the difference."

Clinton reassured Canadians about our nation's economic prospects thanks to our blessing of natural resources.

"Sixty per cent of the world's mining wealth is traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange," he said. "The long-term looks good."