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Ontario Government Issues Emergency Order Regarding Meeting Flexibility
In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Government of Ontario has acted to support business corporations, not-for-profit corporations, insurers, and share capital social clubs by issuing an Emergency Order (the Emergency Order) to provide flexibility for corporate...
BAX Securities Law’s Barbara Hendrickson Quoted in Law Times Article on New Crowdfunding Proposals
Barbara Hendrickson, of BAX Securities Law, was prominently quoted in a recent article in the Law Times. The article, “CSA’s equity crowdfunding proposals unlikely to draw more investors: securities lawyers”, by staff writer Luis Mullan, discusses the recent Canadian...
TSX Venture Exchange Extends Deadline for Payment of Sustaining Fees
The TSX Venture Exchange (the “Exchange”) is extending the deadline by which Issuers must pay their 2020 annual sustaining fees from March 31, 2020 to May 31, 2020. This is the latest move by the Exchange in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. To provide additional...
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...
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...
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