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Joint statement by Canadian Securities Administrators and Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada on recent volatility in Canadian equity markets

The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) and the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) issued a joint statement on April 9th, 2020. According to the statement, IIROC’s market monitoring and surveillance functions remain robust, secure and resilient and that over the past several weeks, IIROC…

TSX announces temporary relief of $0.05 Minimum Pricing Requirement

TSX Venture Exchange (the “Exchange”) announced on April 8, 2020 that it is providing notice of further measures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Given the current extraordinary ongoing situation, the Exchange will provide temporary relief (the “Temporary Relief”) from certain requirements of the Exchange’s…

Canadian Securities Administrators Publish CSA Staff Notice 51-360 Frequently asked Questions Regarding Filing Extension Relief Granted by Way of a Blanket Order in Response to COVID-19

The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) have published CSA Staff Notice 51-360 Frequently asked Questions Regarding Filing Extension Relief Granted by Way of a Blanket Order in Response to COVID-19 (the Staff Notice). The Staff Notice contains CSA staff’s views on frequently asked questions (FAQs) about…

Canadian Securities Administrators Adopt CSA Multilateral Notice 24-317, Notice of Relief from Certain Filing Provisions under National Instrument 24-101 Institutional Trade Matching and Settlement

The Participating Jurisdictions of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nunavut, the Northwest Territories, and Yukon (the Participating Jurisdictions) of the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) have adopted CSA Staff Notice 24-317, Notice of Relief from…

British Columbia Government Declares Capital Markets an Essential Service

The British Columbia government has declared the capital markets and its regulator, the British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC), as essential services during the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to the BCSC, the province has specifically identified the following as part of the capital markets: self-regulatory organizationsexchangesclearing…