Press Releases

• February 27, 2018

  Background information on the bank note legal tender initiative in Budget 2018

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  The Bank of Canada today published additional information on the federal government’s 2018 budget initiative to seek the authority to remove legal tender status from Canadian bank notes.

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• February 12, 2018

  Wilfrid Laurier University crowned National Champion of The Governor’s Challenge

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  Wilfrid Laurier University has won the Bank of Canada’s third annual Governor’s Challenge, a national student competition in which teams simulate the role of advisor to the Bank’s Governing Council.

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• February 8, 2018

  Inclusive growth can come through innovation, says Senior Deputy Governor Wilkins

  Media Relations Montebello, Quebec

  The digital economy holds promise for higher overall living standards in the future, but it could leave some behind, Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn A. Wilkins told an audience of G7 deputies today. “Technological progress will raise economic growth, although the channels through which it contributed to rising inequality in the past are still forces to […]

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