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Colin Braithwaite

About Colin Braithwaite

Colin Braithwaite has more than 20 years experience in writing and publishing. From 2004–2010, Colin was the Managing Editor responsible for the products in the Internal Control Library at First Reference Inc.

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Facebook faces privacy questions… again

Over the past couple of years, Facebook has had run-ins with the Canadian Privacy Commissioner. And Canada's not alone; privacy watchdogs in the United States and around the world have been critical of Facebook's willingness to sacrifice users' personal data in the name of social media...

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Ontario introduces not-for-profit corporations act

In late May, Ontario Bill 65, the not-for-profit corporations act, received second reading in the provincial legislature. This is the culmination of several years of consultation with the not-for-profit sector.

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Draft of new national securities act introduced

Earlier this year, we reported that Alberta and Quebec were preparing constitutional "references" to be heard by their respective provincial Courts of Appeal to defend their rights to maintain their own provincial securities regulators. At the same time, the federal government announced its intention to take its case for a national regulator to the Supreme Court...

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