Instead of Adopting Canadian-style Health Care, How About Learning from Its Banking System?

By msadmin | July 4, 2009
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USA TODAY Our northern neighbor sometimes seems so similar to the United States that it’s hard to tell where the USA ends and Canada begins. Here’s one way: Canada is the place with healthy banks, taxpayers unscathed by megabillion-dollar bailouts and no need to overhaul financial regulation because it was done right the first time.

As U.S. officials scramble to prevent a crisis sequel, the ability of Canadian banks to navigate the current financial storm is earning global plaudits. The World Economic Forum in October ranked the country’s financial institutions No. 1 in the world for solvency. U.S. banks came in 40th, two rungs behind Botswana.

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