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TORONTO, September 27, 2010 – BMO Financial Group congratulates the efforts of the Task Force on Financial Literacy and recognizes the significance of the findings of its summary report following public consultations, released on September 22.
Earlier in 2010, BMO submitted a set of recommendations as to how the Task Force could build a national strategy to ensure Canadians would have the ability to make informed financial decisions and improve their overall financial stability.
The recommendations included:
- building greater collaboration between the federal government and provincial education ministries to establish guidelines or standards for financial literacy outcomes that can be used as a common framework to inform curriculum development
- ongoing, consistent assessment of learning impact at common grade levels across all regions
- setting a target level for financial literacy, such as establishing an index, and then measuring it against the index annually through public opinion research
“BMO strongly supports the efforts put forth by the Task Force; the large number of opinions expressed during the consultations show the general public feels the same way,” said Lynne Kilpatrick, Senior Vice-President, Personal Banking, BMO Bank of
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