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Bernardo de La Paz

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5. WTF? "What would Canada have done without us"

Reply to StarTrombone (Original post)

Fri Jun 10, 2016, 10:53 PM

Jun 2016

Canada did not create the financial crisis that engulfed North America and the world in 2007.

The USA did.

Canada's banking system and stock system was and is very well regulated and did not implode or require bailouts.

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UPDATE 1-GM to expand to 1,000 engineering jobs in Canada [View all] StarTrombone Jun 2016 OP

Well fauk you GM....... d*mn. a kennedy Jun 2016 #1

Canada loses $800M Canadian in GM bailout OneBlueDotBama Jun 2016 #3

You would have preferred that the 200,000+ GM workers* have lost their jobs altogether? George II Jun 2016 #2

Poor story wording. They're adding an unspecified number of jobs (5? 50? 100?) to reach 1,000 pampango Jun 2016 #4

WTF? "What would Canada have done without us" Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2016 #5

I'm fond enough of Canada to say "good for them" bhikkhu Jun 2016 #6