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Branching Out: The Urgent Need to Transform Canada’s Financial Landscape and How to Do It

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  • Thorsten V. Koeppl

    (Queen's University)

  • James MacGee

    (University of Western Ontario)

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The global financial landscape is changing. Canada’s legislative and regulatory framework for financial services must change as well.

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  • Thorsten V. Koeppl & James MacGee, 2007. "Branching Out: The Urgent Need to Transform Canada’s Financial Landscape and How to Do It," C.D. Howe Institute Commentary, C.D. Howe Institute, issue 251, June.
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    financial regulation; bank regulation;

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    • G18 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Government Policy and Regulation
    • G28 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Government Policy and Regulation

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