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Claude Gagnon, the Bank of Montreal’s president for Quebec, says making decisions locally is important.
While the bank may have moved its operational head office to Toronto in 1977, it maintains a strong presence in its namesake city and many decisions for the local market are still made in Montreal, said Gagnon, who became the Quebec president this spring.
“The financial market in Quebec is quite different from the rest of Canada,” he said.
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