One of a series of teaching units designed to introduce secondary school students to the Canadian economy, this handbook contains instructional materials on Canada's monetary system and policy. Material is organized and presented in terms of specific topic readings and illustrative activities. The topics covered in six sections are money, the money supply in Canada, banking, the banking system in Canada, the relationship between banking and the money supply, and monetary policy. Activities examine such issues as characteristics of a medium of exchange, money as a standard of value, money and the Gross National Product, components of the money supply, bank assets, bank profits, chartered banks, notes and deposits, interest rates, and inflation. (LP)