Why Canada avoided the worst of the crunch

Canada avoided the worst effects of the turmoil due to conservative lending practices of the country's banks, said Pierre Duguay, a deputy governor of the Bank of Canada.

Duguay said Canada took many steps, some beginning 20 years ago, to strengthen the supervisory system for individual financial institutions through effective regulation and prudent practices in the sector.

He said that the coordination among domestic agencies with an interest in the financial services sector was based on a long

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