OTTAWA _ Finance Minister Jim Flaherty announced Friday that he will meet representatives of the Canadian banking industry Monday morning in Toronto.

The finance minister had said April 16 he wanted to confer with the country's top bankers within days to discuss financial-industry reforms agreed on by finance ministers from the world's leading economies.

At that time, Flaherty praised the performance of the Canadian banks, which have generally avoided deep bad-loan writedowns like those that have engulfed many big American and European financial institutions since the U.S. subprime mortgage market collapsed last year.

But the minister said he wants a uniformity of practices in Canada, and originally indicated he hoped to meet the bankers during the past week.

Finance ministers from the Group of Seven countries agreed in Washington two weekends ago to make various regulatory changes over the next 100 days, including moves to uncover exposure to shaky subprime-backed securities.

The recommendations of the so-called Financial Stability Forum include tighter oversight of capital levels, liquidity and risk management.

Friday's statement from the minister's office said Flaherty will hold a ``brief media availability'' after meeting the bankers Monday morning.

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