The bank in Canada is most likely Export Development Bank.
Check out this article regarding EDC:
http://www.macleans.ca/economy/economicanalysis/a-crown-corp-that-thinks-its-a-bank/
"We have been working closely with a French bank to put together project financing for our project in Ethiopia and so far we have signed mandate letters with some of the largest development financing instructions and banks in the world mostly from Canada, Europe and Africa"