Canada's Credit Score Crisis: Does France's No Score System Reveal A Better Way?
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Canada's Credit Score Crisis: Does France's No Score System Reveal A Better Way?

30:24 Jun 7, 2025
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Have you ever wondered what life would look like if your credit score didn't exist? Licensed Insolvency Trustees Doug Hoyes and Ted Michalos compare Canada's score-driven system with France's radically different, no-score approach. You'll learn: How France decides who can borrow—without a three-digit score. The cultural attitudes that shape lending and spending in France and Canada Why credit-report errors and identity theft are bigger issues than most Canadians realize. Whether Canada could (or should) adopt parts of France's model—and what you can do right now to work the system in your favour. (00:00)  In
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