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CSA Release Three-Year Business Plan

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On June 26, 2025, the Canadian Securities Administrators (“CSA”) published their 2025-2028 business plan (the “Plan”), which sets out the priorities that the CSA have committed to pursuing over the next three years....more

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Updated Rules for Mining Disclosure: What the Canadian Securities Administrators Proposed Changes Mean for Industry Participants

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On June 12, 2025, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) formally released a Request for Comment on proposed sweeping changes to National Instrument 43-101, Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects, marking the...more

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Coming Soon: Amendments to Canada’s OTC Derivatives Trade Reporting Regime

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The Canadian Securities Administrators (“CSA”) have released several updates in the last year to Canada’s trade reporting regime for over-the-counter (“OTC”) derivatives. In July 2024, all members of the CSA published final...more

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Streamlining NI 43-101: CSA Propose to Modernize and Overhaul Canada’s Mining Disclosure Regime

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The Canadian Securities Administrators (“CSA”) have published for comment proposed amendments to National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects (“NI 43-101”), Form 43-101F1 Technical Report (“Form...more

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Canada Pauses Mandatory Climate Disclosure Rules

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Recently, the Canadian Securities Administrators (the umbrella organization of Canada's provincial securities regulators) announced that it would pause the development of certain sustainability reporting initiatives,...more

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Updated Rules for Mining Disclosure: What the Canadian Securities Administrators Proposed Changes Mean for Industry Participants

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The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) is undertaking a significant overhaul of National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects (the Instrument), Form 43-101F1 – Technical Report (the Form) and...more

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CSA Bring the Markets Back to LIFE

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In connection with the Canadian Securities Administrators’ (“CSA”) recent measures to support the competitiveness of Canada’s capital markets, the CSA have announced an increase to the amount of funds that may be raised under...more

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CSA Significantly Increases the Capital-Raising Limit Under the Listed Issuer Financing Exemption

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On May 14, 2025, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) announced Coordinated Blanket Order 45-935 Exemptions from Certain Conditions of the Listed Issuer Financing Exemption, a change that will significantly increase...more

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CSA Announces Pause on Climate-Related and Diversity-Related Disclosure Projects in Response to Global Market Uncertainty

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The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) has announced a pause to its work on developing new mandatory climate-related disclosures and amending diversity-related disclosure requirements, in light of recent significant...more

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CSA Blanket Orders Aim to Warm Up Canadian Capital Markets

Amid continuing market uncertainty that has seen a slowdown of Canadian initial public offerings (IPOs) during the first quarter of 2025, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) has published a series of coordinated...more

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CSA Announce Measures to Support Canadian Markets and Issuers

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The Canadian Securities Administrators (“CSA”) recently announced measures to support the competitiveness of Canadian capital markets in response to the current uncertainty in global markets. The measures are being...more

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Canadian Securities Regulators Take Further Incremental Steps to Promote Access to Capital Markets

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Against the current backdrop of global market uncertainty, on April 17, 2025, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) announced new incremental measures aimed at reducing regulatory burden for reporting issuers,...more

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CSA Propose Binding Dispute Resolution Framework for Retail Client Complaints

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The Canadian Securities Administrators (“CSA”) have proposed amendments to National Instrument 31-103 Registration Requirements, Exemptions and Ongoing Registrant Obligations (“NI 31-103”) and changes to its companion policy...more

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CSA Propose Amendments to Shelf Prospectus Regime for WKSIs

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On September 21, 2023, the Canadian Securities Administrators (“CSA”) announced proposed amendments to National Instrument 44-102 Shelf Distributions (“NI 44-102”) relating to well-known seasoned issuers ("WKSIs")as well as...more

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CSA Defer Launch of SEDAR+: New Target is July 25, 2023

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On June 1, 2023, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) announced a delay in the launch date for the “System for Electronic Data Analysis and Retrieval +” (SEDAR+). Originally scheduled for June 13, 2023, the SEDAR+...more

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Enhanced Disclosure Rules Coming into Effect for Issuers Involved in Real Estate Activities or Acting as Collective Investment...

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In December 2022, the Canadian Securities Administrators announced the adoption of amendments to National Instrument 45-106 Prospectus Exemptions applicable to issuers engaged in real estate activities or acting as collective...more

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CSA Publish Derivatives Data Reporting Transition Guidance

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Amendments to swap data reporting rules are expected to be implemented by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) in December 2022. The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) have issued guidance to market...more

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CSA Seek Comments on Enhanced OTC Derivatives Data Reporting Amendments

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Proposed amendments are intended to reduce regulatory burden by aligning over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives data reporting requirements with international standards developed by the Committee on Payments and Market...more

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CSA Seek Comments on Proposed Consolidated SRO and Investor Protection Funds

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Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) issue a request for comments on draft documents related to the proposed amalgamation of the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) and the Mutual Fund Dealers...more

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Attention Mining Industry - Now is your Chance to Help Shape Canadian Mineral Project Disclosure Requirements and Modernize NI...

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Mineral project disclosure requirements are being reviewed by the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) with an eye to providing investors with more relevant disclosure, and to continue to foster fair and efficient capital...more

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Burden Reduction for Registrants Effective June 2022: Outside Activities Clarified and Registration Requirements Simplified

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Final amendments to National Instrument 33-109 Registration Information (NI 33-109) and related instruments (the Final Amendments) clarify outside activity reporting requirements, among other things. The Ontario Securities...more

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CSA Announces Amendments to Rules Applicable to At-The-Market Distributions

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On June 4, 2020, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) published amendments to National Instrument 44-102 – Shelf Distributions (NI 44-102) and Companion Policy 44-102CP Shelf Distributions. Proposed amendments were...more

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Proposed Amendments to Rules Applicable to At-the-Market Distributions

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On May 9, 2019, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) published for comment proposed amendments to National Instrument 44-102 – Shelf Distributions (NI 44-102) and Companion Policy 44-102CP Shelf Distributions (see CSA...more

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