An Order in Council made by the Brian Mulroney government on 21 November 1988 created AMEX Bank of Canada, a Canadian banking subsidiary of American Express, although federal banking policy at the time would not ordinarily have permitted such an establishment by a foreign company.
Egy a Brian Mulroney-kormány által 1988. november 21-én hozott Order-in-Council létrehozta az AMEX Bank of Canada, habár az akkori szövetségi bankszabályozás nem engedte volna meg az American Expressnek bank üzemeltetését Kanadában.