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Canadian Securities Administrators Publish 2022 – 2025 Business Plan

The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) have published 2022-2025 CSA Business Plan (The Business Plan). The Business Plan, approved on June 9, 2022, sets out the priorities that the CSA has committed to pursue collaboratively over the next three years. The priorities adapted by the CSA…

Comment Period on Mineral Disclosure Consultation Extended

The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) have extended the consultation period for CSA Consultation Paper 43-401 Consultation on National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects (The Consultation Paper) a further 60 days, now ending on September 13, 2022. Stakeholders have indicated that it would…

Canadian Securities Administrators Publish 2021-2022 Enforcement Report

The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) today released its fiscal year 2021-2022 Enforcement Report (the Enforcement Report), which outlines the specific actions that CSA members undertook in the past year to detect, disrupt and deter wrongdoing and hold securities law violators accountable.   Highlights from the fiscal…

Changes to Registration Requirements, Exemptions and Ongoing Registrant Obligations, and Ontario Securities Commission Rule 33-506 (Commodity Futures Act) Registration Information in Effect

On June 6, 2022, pursuant to section 143.4 of the Securities Act (Ontario), amendments to the following rules came into force: National Instrument 33-109 Registration Information (NI 33-109), and National Instrument 31-103 Registration Requirements, Exemptions and Ongoing Registrant Obligations (NI 31-103). Furthermore, on June 6,…

Canadian securities regulators propose changes to enhance derivatives data reporting

Members of the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) recently published for comment for a five-month period ending October 7, 2022, a set of proposals  (the Proposed Amendments) designed to streamline and internationally harmonize over-the-counter derivatives data reporting standards. The Proposed Amendments are expected to reduce the…

TSX Venture Exchange Publishes Bulletin Regarding Sustaining Fees

The TSX Venture Exchange (TSX-V) has published a bulletin to issuers reminding them that the 2022 annual sustaining fees were due and payable March 31, 2022. In the bulletin, TSX-V staff note that late payment can result in a late payment fee and that failure…

OSC Announces Businesses Selected for New Capital Markets Testing Environment

The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) recently announced that seven businesses that will be part of its new  capital markets testing environment, OSC TestLab. This initiative allows businesses to test solutions that can help Ontario registrants and contribute to better investor outcomes. Seven selected businesses will…

Canadian Securities Regulators Publish CSA Staff Notice 25-303 2021 CSA Annual Activities Report on the Oversight of the Self-Regulatory Organizations (SROs) and Investor Protection Funds (IPFs)

The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) have published CSA Staff Notice 25-303 2021 CSA Annual Activities Report on the Oversight of the Self-Regulatory Organizations (SROs) and Investor Protection Funds (IPFs) (The Report). The Report summarizes CSA oversight of the SROs and IPFs during the 2021 calendar…