Sentences with phrase «national securities regulator»

He might decide to back Morton in return for a quid pro quo on another issue that divides them — the proposed national securities regulator, which Morton opposes.

If the Conservatives — and Oliver — win, he hopes to assist incumbent Finance Minister Jim Flaherty in creating the highly debated national securities regulator, which will unify all the securities commissions across the country.

Toronto's snub as national securities regulator seems par for the course.

Two more provinces have agreed to join a voluntary national securities regulator expected to begin operations in the fall of 2015, bringing the total number on board to four and giving the upcoming capital markets watchdog a more pan-Canadian scope.

On June 22, 2009, Canada's federal government announced that a team led by the chair of the B.C. Securities Commission, Doug Hyndman, will lead the transition to a new national securities regulator.

In the absence of a single national securities regulator, efforts have been underway for many years to harmonize... [more]

Two more provinces agree to participate in national securities regulator designed to end patchwork of local regulators, Reuters

Ken Dekker, Affleck Greene McMurtry LLP, partner at Affleck Greene McMurtry LLP, was quoted in a recent Law Times article: A potential national securities regulator raises concerns; Focus on Argument that current regime works the way it is., published March 12, 2018.

Single regulator On December 7, 2005, the Crawford Panel on a Single Canadian Securities Regulator released «A Blueprint for A New Model,» which proposes a unified national securities regulator offering «opt - in» participation to the provinces and territories.

Canada's situation is unusual, in that the country lacks an overarching national securities regulator, despite a decades - long push to establish one from some quarters.

Michael was co-counsel for the Foundation for the Advancement of Investor Rights before the Supreme Court of Canada in the reference respecting the constitutionality of the proposed national securities regulator

Canada needs a national securities regulator.

OTTAWA — Finance Minister Jim Flaherty is sending out a notice that he is prepared to go it alone on establishing a national securities regulator if provinces won't agree.

We are, in fact, the only major industrialized economy without a national securities regulator: the existing system of 13 provincial and territorial fiefdoms is an antiquated contraption bilking money from corporations by forcing them to pay fees in multiple jurisdictions.

While that policy was a matter of necessity as much as principle, there were other places where Flaherty clearly let his convictions guide him: there was his elimination of income trusts; his ongoing fight to create a national securities regulator; and his efforts to rein in the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation.

OTTAWA — Finance Minister Joe Oliver welcomed the addition of Saskatchewan and New Brunswick to the federal drive to create a national securities regulator, setting up a timetable to have the new office in operation by the fall of 2015.

That same week, however, Ottawa also announced its latest solution to Canada's lack of a national securities regulator: the Cooperative Capital Markets Regulatory System.

I don't know if a national securities regulator will significantly improve matters, but it is definitely worth the effort to try.

As Maclean's John Geddes reports, the federal government has put together the foundations for what may become a de facto — if not de jure — national securities regulator.

(Although to be fair, Alberta's ruling Conservative party is in the midst of a leadership contest and the front - runner, Jim Prentice, is a former federal cabinet minster who's said kind things about a national securities regulator in the past.)

Many may be wondering why the project of a national securities regulator is worth so much time and effort on the part of policy - makers.

The dream of a national security regulator.

Last week Finance Minister Jim Flaherty made a well - publicized appearance at the Standing Committee on Finance (FINA) where he discussed a number of issues, including the possibility of having a national securities regulator.

In 2005 - 2006, he headed an Ontario government panel of corporate leaders that recommended that Canada adopt a single, national securities regulator — an idea that was later supported by the late Jim Flaherty while he was federal finance minister.

After that, he's not sure if he'll return to his last thankless high - profile assignment, trying to organize support for a national securities regulator.

Meanwhile, the Conservatives offer reassuring words but no clear plan of action on the creation of a national securities regulator and introduction of pooled retirement pension plans (PRPPs).

the government's decisions on everything from program cuts to the national securities regulator will have an effect.

Bothnow oppose Ottawa's plan to create a national securities regulator and muse about establishing Alberta's own pension plan.

Alberta remains staunchly opposed to the federal push to create a national securities regulator, provincial Finance Minister Doug Horner said Wednesday.

So our support for a national securities regulator is not without conditions.

Even among Ottawa insiders, few would be aware that two officials running a tiny agency Flaherty set up to try to create a national securities regulator beat them all.

What is your government's position right now on the creation of a national securities regulator?

A. It's not just about supporting a national securities regulator.

We continue to support the concept of a national securities regulator.

I think there's good support for the concept of a national securities regulator.

The federal government is in danger of losing the clear support of a key provincial ally in its bid to have the Supreme Court of Canada rule that Ottawa has the constitutional power to establish a national securities regulator.

So when it comes to the executive functions of a national security regulator, it can be truly national in that it does not have to be centred in any one city.

One is the concept of a national securities regulator, which we support.

Without a national securities regulator or nationally adopted set of rules, relying on the existing equity crowdfunding regulations for P2P lending transactions is very much like trying to put a «square peg» into a «round hole».

The key thing to keep in mind about today's Supreme Court of Canada rejection of the Conservative government's bid to create a national securities regulator is that the nine judges didn't say it was a bad policy idea.

Mr. Flaherty reiterated that the eventual head of the national securities regulator he is seeking to create will join the FISC, completing a model that is being considered in the United States and the European Union.

«Canada is the only country in the world that doesn't have a national securities regulator,» Russell points out.

Our insider trading law is so goofy that it requires our national securities regulator to go to court to stand up for the sanctity of the golfing relationship.

The head of the national securities regulator eventually will join the SAC and the Financial Institutions Supervisory Committee, another inter-agency panel that keeps tabs on developments in the banking system.

The most glaring deficiency in Canada's regulatory structure is the absence of a national securities regulator.