On July 22, 2025, the Alberta Securities Commission (ASC) released reasons for its decision to cease-trade a shareholder rights plan of Greenfire Resources Ltd. The rights plan had been adopted in response to the announcement...more
Le Groupe de travail sur la modernisation relative aux marchés financiers de l’Ontario (le « groupe de travail ») a récemment publié son rapport final (le « rapport final »), qui énonce plus de 70 recommandations visant à...more
The Ontario Capital Markets Modernization Taskforce (Taskforce) recently released its final report (Final Report) outlining over 70 recommendations aimed at modernizing Ontario’s capital markets regime. The Final Report...more
As part of its 2018 budget (Budget), the Ontario government announced that it plans to propose new tools to enhance and expand the securities enforcement activities of the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC), including in...more
On May 1, 2015, the Enforcement Branch of the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) will launch a mediation pilot program. This program caps a year that has seen significant changes to the OSC’s approach to initiating and...more