The Institut québécois de planification financère (IQPF) became FPSC’s seventh member organization on Wednesday. The official agreement was signed in Mont Tremblant, Que. at the FPSC’s annual meeting.

“The IQPF’s membership in FPSC affirms the co-operation between our two organizations as we work together towards a uniform set of standards for financial planning across Canada,” says Cary List, president & CEO of FPSC.

The two organizations have been working together for some time to address common issues that will further the public interest, including working towards greater consistency of standards across Canada, undertaking public interest research, and ultimately establishing financial planning as a profession.

In 2009, the FPSC and IQPF signed a landmark memorandum of understanding to simplify the process for Certified Financial Planner professionals who want to practise in Quebec and financial planners from Quebec who want to practise outside of the province.

“We are pleased to make our support of FPSC’s important work official by joining as a member organization,” says Jocelyne Houle-LeSarge, president & CEO of IQPF. “The IQPF and FPSC are natural allies and leaders in promoting financial planning as the cornerstone of sound financial management.”

The IQPF joins Advocis, the Certified General Accountants Association of Canada, CMA Canada, the Credit Union Institute of Canada, the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants, and the Canadian Institute of Financial Planners as an FPSC member organization.

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