Central 1 Chief Economist Helmut Pastrick Available for Comment on the Upcoming Ontario Budget

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - March 28, 2011) - Central 1 Chief Economist Helmut Pastrick will be available for comment and interviews on the Ontario Budget 2011 when it is tabled in Toronto on Tuesday, March 29.

Pastrick is a member of the Ontario Economic Forecast Council.

He will be available at Queen's Park and by telephone at 604.833.5026 shortly after 4 p.m.

Central 1

Central 1 is the central financial facility and trade association for the B.C. and Ontario credit union systems. Central 1 represents a consumer-oriented, full-service retail financial system that serves 2.9 million members and holds $70 billion in assets and is owned primarily by its member credit unions, 45 in B.C. and 126 in Ontario.

With offices in Vancouver, Mississauga, and Toronto, Central 1 provides a wide range of services such as liquidity management, direct banking, and flexible payment service solutions. For more information, visit www.central1.com.