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Old 10-06-2008, 11:22 AM   #142
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Originally Posted by fotze View Post
Why is a country like Germany, who is historically very pragmatic with cash having to bailout a lender and in Canada, so far we have no issues. I don't buy that Canadian banks saw all these American outfits raking in the "cash" these past years and saying "this is not for us". Is Harper right, that all our banks are just fine. How the hell did we happen to get so lucky, I don't buy it.
Shhh stop asking so many questions.. go back to sleep

I don't know.. part of me hopes that our banks and brokers where better with the lending of monies thing. Maybe the rules around lending in Canada were not relaxed the same way there were in the US.
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