In 1820, an anonymous pamphlet published in Quebec "advocated the establishment of a governmentowned national bank that would be the sole issuer of paper money." 22 And in 1841, Lord Sydenham, Governor General of the United Province of Canada, proposed the establishment of a bank with many of the powers and responsibilities of a modern central bank.
It should also be noted that it was not issued by a political leader of one of the most powerful EU Member States, which also provides food for thought. In his famous speech in 1962, the President of the USA, John F. Kennedy, said that we chose to go to the Moon “not because [it is] easy, but because [it is] hard”.