Canada’s banking system has been the subject of international praise from economists grappling with global turmoil, but one 12-year-old girl begs to differ.
Victoria Grant of Cambridge, Ont. is earning a reputation as a financial pundit after her tirade against her homeland’s borrowing practices went viral on YouTube.
Grant is already a veteran of the financial lecture circuit, but her appearance on April 27 is garnering unusual attention. A video of her address, shot at the Public Banking in America Conference in Philadelphia, has already attracted nearly 65,000 views since being posted a week ago.
For six minutes, the casually clad youngster holds forth to conference attendees on the reasons why so many of the world’s countries are facing staggering debt.
Her well-rehearsed speech, delivered in a clear, youthful voice, takes aim at Canada’s modern day financial system and champions a greater role for the country’s central bank.
“The banks and the government have colluded to financially enslave the people of Canada,” she says.
