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Old 11-13-2008, 12:12 PM   #484
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Article on time.com on why Canadian banks have not needed bailouts like all other major banks of other G8 countries.

http://www.time.com/time/business/ar...855317,00.html

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In the midst of the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, Canada has joined the ranks of governments that in recent weeks stepped up to help banks cope with more fallout from bad U.S. subprime mortgages. In Canada's case, however, the reason for the assistance is a little different from some of its G-7 partners. Unlike banks in the U.S., Britain and Germany, which needed to be bailed out with hundreds of billions of dollars in new capital, Canada's major banks are solid and solvent. They don't need any help to work through their subprime exposure.
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