Why did Jim Flaherty, the $35 billion Income Trust Fraudster, miss all of these signs?

"None of these economists, I can tell you, predicted this recession. And none of these economists predicted the depth of this recession. I have to deal with the reality of it — not the speculation surrounding it — and that's what we're doing," Jim Flaherty said on May 28, 2009

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/05/28/flaherty-deficit-resign-economy564.html

So these 9 economists do not exist:
Nov. 19, 2007 (Bloomberg) -- The number of economists forecasting the U.S. will slip into recession almost doubled over the last two months, according to a survey by the National Association for Business Economics.

Nine of 50 economists pegged the odds of a contraction over the next 12 months at 50 percent or higher, according to a poll taken from Oct. 22 to Nov. 6. Just five of 46 held a similar view in September.

The spillover from the biggest housing slump in 16 years, turmoil in financial markets and higher energy prices will cause growth to slow to an annual pace of 1.5 percent this quarter, less than the survey participants previously forecast. More than two-thirds of those polled said the chance of recession was at least 25 percent.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&refer=news&sid=a8OB88_sjTvw  

and these 54 forecasters do not exist:

"In the latest monthly survey, economists put the chance of recession at 42%, up from 38% in December and 23% just six months ago. On average, the 54 forecasters who participated see the economy expanding at less than a 2% annual rate in the first and second quarters. Last month's survey estimated 2007 growth at 2.5%." WSJ January 11, 2008

http://online.wsj.com/public/article_print/SB119990867859778525.html

and Goldman Sachs does not exist:

"The investment bank Goldman Sachs yesterday predicted a recession is on the way." January 10, 2008

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08010/848088-28.stm

and Swiss Re's economists do not exist:

"Swiss Re's economists predict a severe recession until mid 2009 in industrialised economies, including the United States and Europe" December 9, 2008

http://www.swissre.com/pws/media%20centre/news/news%20releases%202008/mi_sr_economic_forum_20081209.html

and economists at RBC, CIBC, BMO, TD and National Banks do not exist:

"Economists from Canada’s Big Five banks say they expect little or no growth in the near future and they warned today that the domestic economy’s current gloom will likely deepen into something worse than a recession." October 6, 2008

http://www.thestar.com/business/article/512491

and these 34 economists do not exist:

"Two-thirds of the 52 economists polled said the U.S. economy is in recession. Add those who believe the economy will be in recession soon, and 79% believe that the economy will contract at some point in 2008." April 29, 2008
 
http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/2008-04-28-economy-survey-recession_N.htm
 
 
So Jim do you still believe that "none of these economists...predicted this recession" ?  Why did you not hear them? Or do you simply not understand Finance 101 or Economics 101, the two courses you skipped in university while on a hockey scholarship at Princeton?