Vote #150 on March 7th, 2012

Vote topic

That, in the opinion of the House, the government should help improve financial literacy in Canada by: ( a) working to implement the recommendations of the Task Force on Financial Literacy; (b) creating, promoting, and continuously upgrade a single source website for financial literacy to increase public awareness and ease access to information for Canadians; (c) requiring federally regulated financial institutions to publicly disclose their contributions to financial literacy initiatives; (d) ensuring the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada works with willing provinces and territories to promote financial literacy to youth through the educational system; and (e) designating November as “Financial Literacy Month”.

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Result

  • Yes 269
  • No 3
  • Green Liberal NDP Conservative
  • Bloc

Bloc

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Independent

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