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Canada New Bills

First Fake $100 Bills Turn Up In B.C.

CP | Keven Drews, The Canadian Press | Posted 05.18.2013 | Canada British Columbia

VANCOUVER - Less than two years ago, the head of the RCMP said Canada's new polymer bank notes would go a long way in deterring the threat of counterf...

'Cartoonish,' Childish Cash?

CP | Steve Rennie, The Canadian Press | Posted 04.28.2013 | Canada Business

OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada is set to unveil its latest plastic bank notes this week — but documents show some people found one of the new bills too...

Gay Marriage, Black Hockey Player Currency Images Nixed: Report

CP | Dean Beeby, The Canadian Press | Posted 04.12.2013 | Canada Business

OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada considered celebrating gay marriages, black hockey players, and turban-wearing RCMP officers on its new plastic bank notes...

Alleged Melting Bills A Matter Of National Security?

CP | Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press | Posted 03.03.2013 | Canada Business

OTTAWA - Disclosing details of behind-the-scenes discussions about tales of melting banknotes could endanger national security or international relati...

Canada's New Bills Won't Change Old Financial Habits

Mark Bourrie | Posted 08.24.2011 | Canada
Mark Bourrie

Money -- even Canada's new polymer bills -- are articles of faith, and we're in for a reckoning. We hide debt by spreading it among provinces and municipalities. Our statisticians play with numbers to convince us that inflation is much lower than it actually is.