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By Adam Gorley | 4 Minutes Read February 7, 2011

The dream of a national securities regulator lives on

No doubt you’ve heard about the debate over a national securities regulator. Maybe you’ve even paid attention a bit. (I believe there was a scuffle recently over a logo or something—and the location of the head office of the proposed regulator?) Anyway, the Federal Government has prepared a Securities Act and handed it over to the Supreme Court to decide whether the feds even have the legal authority to establish a harmonized national regime to govern capital markets.

Article by Adam Gorley / Business, Finance and Accounting / Canadian Securities Administrators, Canadian Securities Transition Office, competition, corporate governance, disclosure, enforcement, FAPP, federal Securities Act, Finance and Accounting PolicyPro, governance, governance disclosure, securities act, securities regulator

By Colin Braithwaite | < 1 Minutes Read June 29, 2010

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...

Article by Colin Braithwaite / Business, Finance and Accounting / Alberta, federal Securities Act, national regulator, national securities act, Quebec, securities, securities act, securities regulator

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