By Kieran Moloney ( December 10, 2025, 1:47 PM EST) -- Canada’s economic growth has slowed in recent years, with business investment lagging and productivity measures falling behind peer economies. Ottawa has hinted that any meaningful revival may need to start with the institutions that have remained resolutely strong: Canada’s major banks. It is against this backdrop that the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI), the country’s federal bank regulator, has introduced its new set of proposed rules adjusting the prudential standards that govern how banks deploy capital....