Credit Union Central of Canada (Canadian Central) is the national trade association for the Canadian credit union system. Incorporated, in 1953, by a special act of Parliament, and regulated under the Cooperative Credit Associations Act (Canada), Canadian Central provides a National Forum, a National Voice and National Services to support and expand the Canadian credit union system.
 
Canadian Central’s board is comprised of ten directors, appointed by five Central member-shareholders. A focused committee structure, encompassing Finance, Legislative Affairs, Risk Management, and Lending supports Canadian Central’s role as an active and effective trade association. In support of national initiatives, and to facilitate knowledge transfer, committee members from the provincial/regional Centrals and individual credit unions work on committee activities to further the aims of the system overall.
 
Canadian Central employs 50 staff members who deliver trade association services from offices in Toronto and Ottawa.  The Ottawa team is focused on increasing our policy and advocacy activities and our influence in the area of Federal Government relations. The Toronto office is also home to CUSOURCE® Credit Union Knowledge Network, the national learning and development facility for the credit union system.

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Marc-André Pigeon is responsible for monitoring, researching and advocating for Canadian credit unions on a range of issues. He believes that to really understand where credit unions are today and will be in the future, you need to also understand the larger political, regulatory, economic, and cultural context.

Prior to joining Credit Union Central of Canada (Canadian Central), Marc-André worked as an analyst for several Parliamentary committees including the Senate Banking Committee and House of Commons Finance Committees, as a project leader at the Department Finance, as an economics researcher with the Levy Economics Institute in New York state, and as a business reporter for Bloomberg Business News in Toronto.

Marc-André holds a PhD from Carleton University in Mass Communications, where he is a sessional lecturer, a Master’s Degree in economics from the University of Ottawa, and a journalism degree from Carleton University.

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Advocacy

Research

Economics

Communications

Financial Literacy

Co-Operative Paradigms and Performance Indicators

Governance

Credit Unions

Policy

Policy changes that affect Canadian credit unions.

Financial Sector Policy Regulation

How policy and economic strategies can affect credit union success.

Economic and Policy Narratives Affecting Credit Unions

What will fiscal and monetary policy look like in the future and what this will mean for credit unions?

Outlook for Fiscal and Monetary Policy

This presentation looks at how research, policy and credit union operations work together.

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