Canada’s financial system emerged from the global crisis with a strong international reputation. Its banks avoided the all-out panic that struck in some jurisdictions. While they received important and timely liquidity assistance from government agencies during the worst months of the meltdown (through a C$200bn “Extraordinary Financing Framework”), no banks failed or needed to be taken over by the state. This relative stability has been an important strength for Canada’s economy in subsequent years.
加拿大金融系統擺脫全球危機的經歷在國際上有口皆碑。加拿大的銀行避免了侵襲其他地區的全面恐慌。雖然在災難最嚴重的時期,它們獲得了政府機構及時提供的重要流動性援助——過一項規模爲2000億加元的「特別融資框架」(EFF)——但沒有一家銀行倒閉或者需要國家接管。這種相對穩定性是其後數年加拿大經濟的一個重要優勢。