March 24, 2016DELIVERED ONLINE AND BY COURIERMinistry of the Environment and Climate ChangeClimate Change and Environmental Policy DivisionAir Policy Instruments and Programs Design Branch77 Wellesley Street WestFloor 10Ferguson BlockToronto, OntarioM7A 2T5Attention:        Melissa Ollevier                        Senior Policy AdvisorRE:       EBR Registry Number 012-6844Dear Sirs/Mesdames:The following letter sets out…

Barbara Hendrickson is appointed the Canadian Contributing Editor of the International Energy Review (“IELR”) examines the legal issues related to developments in the energy industry including coal, oil, gas, hydro, nuclear, and renewable energy. It provides expert articles, national reports from more than 20 key…

Barbara Hendrickson Quoted in Investment Executive  – “New Investment Options for your Clients””The introduction of a new offering memorandum (OM) prospectus exemption in Ontario on Jan. 13 makes raising capital easier for businesses. At the same time, the OM exemption creates new investment possibilities for…

Canadian Federal GovernmentThe change in federal government last fall from Steven Harper’s Conservative Government to Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Government appears to make the outlook for regulation of climate change in Canada more optimistic. Mr. Trudeau, the new Canadian Prime Minister, made commitments at the Paris…

Barbara Hendrickson quoted in:Canadian Lawyer Magazine: Securities reform heats upRead more…

The Ontario Securities Commission (“OSC”) has published a notice to businesses which are seeking to enter the peer-to-peer lending space in Canada. According to the OSC, depending on the structure, underlying facts and circumstances, a loan arrangement entered into on a peer-to-peer lending website may…

Going forward in Canada there will be three forms of the offering memorandum prospectus exemption in place across Canada: the new “Ontario Model” (Alberta, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Québec and Saskatchewan) which will be in effect in Ontario on January 13, 2016 and the…

Going forward in Canada there will be three forms of the offering memorandum prospectus exemption in place across Canada: the new “Ontario Model” (Alberta, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Québec and Saskatchewan), the “BC Model” (BC and Newfoundland) and the “Manitoba Model” (Northwest Territories, the…

The securities commissions in Alberta, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Québec and Saskatchewan (“Participating Jurisdictions”) are amending National Instrument 45-106 Prospectus Exemptions (“NI 45-106”) in respect of the offering memorandum exemption in section 2.9 of NI 45-106 in those jurisdictions (“New OM Exemption”).The new rules…

The securities commissions in Manitoba, Ontario, Québec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia (“Participating Jurisdictions”) are publishing in final form Multilateral Instrument 45-108 Crowdfunding (“MI 45-108”), which includes a crowdfunding prospectus exemption and a registration framework for funding portals (the “New Crowdfunding Exemption”).MI 45-108 is expected…