Les membres du groupe Litiges en valeurs mobilières de Blakes ont cerné cinq décisions de 2023 particulièrement dignes d’intérêt. Dans le présent bulletin, nous examinons ces décisions, lesquelles ont été rendues par des...more
The Blakes national Securities Litigation team has identified, and examines in this article, five noteworthy cases from 2023. These cases from across Canada span various tribunals, including the Supreme Court of Canada, Court...more
La British Columbia Securities Commission (la « BCSC ») a lancé un programme de dénonciation (BC Policy 15-604) le 7 novembre 2023. Ce programme prévoit des récompenses financières, variant de 1000 $ CA à 250 000 $ CA, pour...more
The British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) launched a Whistleblower Program (BC Policy 15-604) on November 7, 2023. The program offers financial awards, ranging from C$1,000 to C$250,000, for information that leads to...more
As part of our continuing series on the amendments to the British Columbia Securities Act (Act), we turn to amendments that increase the ability of the B.C. Securities Commission (Commission) to take action involving third...more
On March 27, 2020, sweeping changes to the British Columbia Securities Act (Act) will be coming into force, giving the British Columbia Securities Commission (Commission) some of the strongest investigation, enforcement and...more
As part of our quarterly series on current trends across different industries, our second article for 2019 explores litigation developments in Canada, outlining the impact on business and the potential ramifications of recent...more
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The Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) recently released its Annual Enforcement Report (Report), which highlights IIROC’s efforts to increase its rate of collection on monetary fines, including...more
The Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) is engaged in a three-year strategic plan to expand its portfolio of enforcement options. As part of this initiative, IIROC has proposed two potential new...more
As part of Canada’s 2013 significant overhaul to its foreign corrupt practices regime, the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (CFPOA), Canada indicated an intention to repeal the exception for facilitation payments....more
Earlier this month, Alberta became the first province to grant the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) express, direct legal authority to collect evidence during the course of its investigations and...more
The Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) has released its priorities for 2018 (Priorities). The Priorities address issues related to policy development, enforcement and IIROC’s general supervisory...more
In Smoothwater Capital Corporation v. Marquee Energy Ltd. (Smoothwater), the Alberta Court of Appeal (Court) overturned the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench controversial decision granting shareholders of an acquiring company a...more
On October 24, 2016, the Securities Commissions of British Columbia (BCSC) and Ontario (OSC, together with the BCSC, the Commissions) released the reasons for their decision in Re Hecla Mining. The Commissions had previously...more
In a recent Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta case, Alberta Oilsands Inc. (Re) (Alberta Oilsands), Justice A. D. Macleod made a surprising decision in the context of a plan of arrangement under the Business Corporations Act...more
Canadian securities regulators often cooperate with their counterparts abroad due to the increasingly global nature of securities regulation. Canadian securities regulators have entered into several agreements or memoranda of...more
On January 27, 2016, Transparency International published its Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) for 2015. The 2015 edition ranks 168 countries based on the perceived level of corruption in the country’s public sector....more
The hearing process before the British Columbia Securities Commission (Securities Commission) will be influenced by two important decisions: one from the Securities Commission itself, relating to televised hearings; and...more