Introduction Le 12 juin 2025, les Autorités canadiennes en valeurs mobilières (les « ACVM ») ont annoncé un projet de modification détaillé (le « projet de modification ») visant à moderniser et à simplifier le régime...more
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
The SEC has updated the EDGAR system’s login, password, and access protocols which will affect Canadian SEC reporting companies and other individuals and entities with EDGAR filing codes, including non-reporting companies...more
In this Edition - The venture debt market continues to expand and play a prominent role in the Canadian venture capital market....more
The latest edition of Davies’ Governance Insights is now available. In this issue, we review 10 developments that general counsel and directors of Canadian public companies, and their investors, should know for 2025 and...more
The Canadian Securities Administrators (“CSA”) have republished for comment proposed rule amendments and policy changes to implement an “access equals delivery” model for certain continuous disclosure documents of...more
The Canadian Securities Administrators (“CSA”) have published for comment proposed amendments and changes to modernize the continuous disclosure regime for investment funds (collectively, the “Proposed Amendments”). The...more
The Bre-X mining scandal of the 1990s is one of history’s most infamous corporate fraud cases. Bre-X Minerals Ltd., a small Canadian company, falsely reported one of the largest gold deposits ever discovered in Indonesia,...more
Exempt Market Dealers (EMDs) in several Canadian provinces—British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario, Quebec and Nova Scotia—can now, under certain conditions, participate in prospectus offerings as part of a selling...more
Le 11 janvier 2024, les Autorités canadiennes en valeurs mobilières (les « ACVM ») ont publié la version définitive des modifications au Règlement 41-101 sur les obligations générales relatives au prospectus, au Règlement...more
On January 11, 2024, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) published in final form amendments and changes to National Instrument 41-101 – General Prospectus Requirements, National Instrument 44-101 – Short Form...more
As an update to our blog post dated April 19, 2022, on January 11, 2024, the Canadian Securities Administration (CSA) published amendments implementing an "Access Equals Delivery" model (AED Model) to generally permit...more
On September 21, 2023, the Canada Securities Administrators (CSA) published a notice and request for comment regarding proposed amendments to National Instrument 44-102—Shelf Distributions (NI 44-102) and other securities law...more
En mai 2021, les Autorités canadiennes en valeurs mobilières (les « ACVM ») ont publié aux fins de commentaires le projet de modification visant le Règlement 51-102 sur les obligations d’information continue et des projets de...more
In May 2021, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) published for comment proposed amendments to National Instrument 51-102 – Continuous Disclosure Obligations and other related changes to securities laws and guidance...more
On August 31, 2023, the Canadian Securities Administrators ("CSA") announced the repeal of National Instrument 81-104 Alternative Mutual Funds (“NI 81-104”) in all jurisdictions except Québec....more
In an active year in securities class actions, Canadian courts have provided new guidance and clarity in a number of important areas. Below we briefly review a number of significant decisions in Canadian securities class...more
Le 20 avril 2023, les Autorités canadiennes en valeurs mobilières (les « ACVM ») et le Conseil canadien des responsables de la réglementation d’assurance ont annoncé des modifications visant à rehausser les obligations...more
On April 20, 2023, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) and the Canadian Council of Insurance Regulators announced amendments relating to enhanced cost disclosure reporting requirements for investment funds and new...more
In Frayce v. BMO Investor Line Inc. et al, 2023 ONSC 16 [Frayce], the Ontario Superior of Justice refused to certify a class proceeding brought by aggrieved investors to address the controversial practice of "trailing...more
The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) has announced that it will return to its pre-December 7, 2021, service standard timelines and commitments for prospectus reviews effective January 9, 2023, given market changes and...more
On November 3, 2022, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) published CSA Staff Notice 51-364 (the Report) to summarize the results of continuous disclosure reviews conducted by CSA staff over the two years ending March...more
The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) have published for comment proposed amendments to implement an "access equals delivery" model (AED model) to generally permit electronic delivery of prospectuses, financial...more
On October 7, 2021, the Canadian Securities Administrators (the CSA) published amendments (the Amendments) implementing eight initiatives aimed at reducing regulatory burden for investment funds. The Amendments make up the...more
On March 31, 2021, securities regulators in Alberta and Saskatchewan adopted a new self-certified investor prospectus exemption, in effect for the next three years (expiring April 1, 2024), to increase capital access and...more