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 # CSR in Canada, Part Two: Toronto’s Financial Sector vs. Quebec’s European Viewpoint

 

##### an Interview with Lorraine Smith, SustainAbility - Director

 

 

 Mar 14, 2012 2:15 PM ET

  Campaign:  [CSR in Canada](/news/campaign/csr-canada) In “CSR in Canada, Part Two,” Lorraine Smith, Director, SustainAbility, discusses the very different attitudes and practices toward CSR between Toronto and Quebec. Canada’s five major banks, based in Toronto, anchor the corporate social responsibility dialogue in Ontario, with varying degrees of activity and leadership. In Quebec, the conversation is a collaboration with European organizations that makes for an idea-rich debate. The second in a four-segment interview series.



 

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