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MONTREAL, QUEBEC -- (Marketwire) -- 01/30/13 -- The Grande Bibliotheque will be hosting at 11 a.m. this morning the launch of an important new financial literacy program that will help young Quebeckers and students across Canada learn more about money and personal finances. The Canadian Foundation for Economic Education's (CFEE) new program, sponsored by BMO Financial Group, is a fun and interactive program for kids, parents and teachers designed to take the stress out of "Having the Talk" about money.

Students, teachers and parents and executives from BMO Financial Group will join CFEE and staff from the Grande Bibliotheque et Archives nationales Quebec, in launching the program in Quebec. The launch will include brief remarks, a short video presentation and engagement with students and teachers.

What:     The launch of CFEE's new financial literacy initiative for Quebec          and Canadian students, teachers and parents supported by BMO          Financial GroupWho:         -  Guy Berthiaume, Chair and CEO, Grande Bibliotheque et                Archives nationales du Quebec             -  Olier Caron, CFEE Board Chair             -  L. Jacques Menard, C.C., O.Q., President of BMO Financial                Group, Quebec and Vice-Chair of the Task Force on Financial                Literacy             -  David Birnbaum, Executive Director, Association of Quebec                English School Boards             -  Students and teachers from Ecole secondaire Saint-Laurent,                Edifice Cardinal, Outremont             -  Parent Luc Lapointe from GatineauWhen:     Wednesday, January 30th, 2013          11:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon ETWhere:    Grande Bibliotheque et Archives nationales Quebec, Salle M.450          475, boul. De Maisonneuve Est, MontrealWhy:      To kick off a new, highly interactive financial literacy program          that will facilitate teachers and families "Having The Talk" with          young people, about money and personal finances.