Canada
In Canada there is generally one credit union central per province (with exceptions). Except for the Desjardin Group (primarily operating in Quebec, but also French-speaking areas of New Bruswick and Ontario) which is separate, they are all members the Credit Union Central of Canada, the national trade association for credit unions. The Canadian Central is itself a member of the Canadian Co-operative Association, while Desjardin is a member of the Conseil canadien de la coopération et de la mutualité.
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Famous quotes containing the word canada:
“Canadians look down on the United States and consider it Hell. They are right to do so. Canada is to the United States what, in Dante’s scheme, Limbo is to Hell.”
—Irving Layton (b. 1912)
“I see Canada as a country torn between a very northern, rather extraordinary, mystical spirit which it fears and its desire to present itself to the world as a Scotch banker.”
—Robertson Davies (b. 1913)
“Though the words Canada East on the map stretch over many rivers and lakes and unexplored wildernesses, the actual Canada, which might be the colored portion of the map, is but a little clearing on the banks of the river, which one of those syllables would more than cover.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)