AMEX Bank of Canada is a unit of American Express Canada (AMEX Canada) and is owned by American Express of the United States. It is a provider of account products and various credit card services. American Express Canada was founded in 1853 in Toronto, however it currently has its headquarters of 3,000 employees in Markham, Ontario, as well as an office in Hamilton.The company began operations as a bank on 1 July 1990 following an order-in-council made by the Brian Mulroney government on 21 November 1988. This decision was not without controversy as federal banking policy at the time would not ordinarily have permitted American Express to operate as a bank .

Corporate initiative from Campbell's Soup Canada - you answer a simple Campbell's related question, they donate a serving of soup to the Canadian Association of Food Banks. Seems like a fair deal to me. Sending to a friend racks up *5* more servings per friend. If they reach the 100,000 mark, they'll donate an extra 50,000. Everybody wins.

Hargrove stated, "There has been a $30 billion dollar switch in manufacturing jobs since NAFTA." Hargrove continued explaining that the transfer of wealth in Canada continued to shift with a greater share of the wealth going to increasingly smaller numbers of people. "There has been an enormous growth in food banks since NAFTA," according to ....