Comment

All comments are subject to the freedom of information and protection of privacy legislation or the access to information legislation of the jurisdictions participating in the creation of the CCMR, including any jurisdiction that agrees to participate after the comments are submitted.

Comments under Consideration

Draft Prospectus and Related Registration Exemptions

The draft prospectus and related registration exemptions under the Capital Markets Act and related materials were published on May 8, 2018. The comment period, which ran for 90 days, closed on August 7, 2018.

All comments have been posted other than comments with content that was not considered appropriate for publication.

Comment letters on the draft prospectus and related registration exemptions (comment period ending August 7, 2018)

Date

Name (Organization)

August 3, 2018 Susan Copland (Investment Industry Association of Canada) PDF –
English
August 7, 2018 David Wilson (Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP) PDF –
English
August 7, 2018 Katie Walmsley and Margaret Gunawan (Portfolio Management Association of Canada) PDF –
English
August 7, 2018 Frank Allen (FAIR Canada) PDF –
English
August 7, 2018 Ron Sanderson (Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association Inc.) PDF –
English
August 9, 2018 Marc-André Pigeon (Canadian Credit Union Association) PDF –
English
August 21, 2018 Business Law Section (Canadian Bar Association) PDF –
English

 

Revised Consultation Draft Capital Markets Stability Act (Canada)

The revised consultation draft Capital Markets Stability Act (Canada) and related materials were published by the federal government on May 5, 2016.  The comment period, which ran for 60 days, closed on July 6, 2016.

All comments have been posted other than comments with content that was not considered appropriate for publication.

Comment letters on the revised consultation draft Capital Markets Stability Act (comment period ending July 6, 2016)

Date

Name (Organization)

June 28, 2016 David Long (Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan) PDF – English
June 29, 2016 Mary Keogh (DBRS Limited) PDF – English
July 5, 2016 Kara Dutta (Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.) PDF – English
July 6, 2016 Michelle Alexander (Investment Industry Association of Canada) PDF – English
July 6, 2016 Margaret Gunawan (BlackRock) PDF – English
July 6, 2016 Katie Walmsley (Portfolio Management Association of Canada) PDF – English
July 6, 2016 Lisa Jankov (Pension Investment Association of Canada) PDF – English
July 6, 2016 Cheryl Graden (TMX Group) PDF – English
July 6, 2016 Jonathan Jachym (London Stock Exchange Group) PDF – English
July 6, 2016 Doug Bedard and Georgina Blanas (Private Capital Markets Association of Canada) PDF – English
July 6, 2016 Ryan Mensing (Moody’s Canada Inc.) PDF – English
July 6, 2016 Sandra L. Kegie (Federation of Mutual Fund Dealers) PDF – English
July 6, 2016 Laura Levine and Simon Romano (Stikeman Elliott LLP) PDF – English
July 6, 2016 Greg Pollock and Wade A. Baldwin (Advocis, The Financial Advisors Association of Canada) PDF – English
July 6, 2016 Business Law Section (Canadian Bar Association) PDF – English
July 6, 2016 Anita Anand (Faculty of Law, University of Toronto) PDF – English
July 6, 2016 Andrea Burke, Mindy Gilbert, Patricia Olasker and Poonam Puri (Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP) PDF – English
July 6, 2016 Joe DePaolo (S&P Global) PDF – English
July 6, 2016 Andrea Cotroneo (Canadian Bankers Association) PDF – English
July 6, 2016 Robert W. Schafer (Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada) PDF – English
July 6, 2016 Frank Zinatelli (Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association Inc.) PDF – English
July 6, 2016 Dan Waters (ICI Global) PDF – English
July 6, 2016 Frédéric Despars (PSP Investments) PDF – English
July 6, 2016 Alison Schneider (Alberta Investment Management Corp.) PDF – English
July 12, 2016 Joanne De Laurentiis (Investment Funds Institute of Canada) PDF – English
July 18, 2016 Marian Passmore (FAIR Canada) PDF – English
July 18, 2016 J. Mark DesLauriers, Lawrence Ritchie, Kashif Zaman, Blair Wiley and Robert Carson (Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP) PDF – English

 

Revised Consultation Draft Provincial/Territorial Capital Markets Act and Draft Initial Regulations

Comment letters on the revised consultation draft provincial/territorial Capital Markets Act (CMA), draft initial regulations and related materials were posted on August 25, 2015.  The comment period, which ran for 120 days, closed on December 23, 2015.

All comments have been posted other than comments with content that was not considered appropriate for publication.

Comment letters on the revised consultation draft provincial/territorial Capital Markets Act and draft initial regulations (comment period ending December 23, 2015)

Date

Name (Organization)

November 24, 2015 R. Michael Sweeney, Jr., Alexander S. Holtan, Blair Paige Scott (Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP) Letter 1: CMRA Regulation 91-501 Derivatives and Strip Bonds PDF – English
November 24, 2015 R. Michael Sweeney, Jr., Alexander S. Holtan, Blair Paige Scott (Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP) Letter 2: CMRA Regulation 91-502 Trade Repositories and Derivatives Data Reporting PDF – English
December 7, 2015 Andrew J. Kriegler (IIROC) PDF – English
December 10, 2015 Donald J. MacDonald (Investors Group Inc.), Rick Annaert (Manulife Securities Incorporated), Michael Stanley (Quadrus Investment Services Ltd.), and Nick DiRenzo (Sun Life Financial Investment Services (Canada) Inc.) PDF – English
December 14, 2015 Ryan Lee (BC MIC Managers Association) PDF – English
December 16, 2015 Frank Zinatelli (CLHIA) PDF – English
December 17, 2015 Charlotte Conlin (McMillan LLP) PDF – English
December 18, 2015 Michael Thom (CFA/CAC) PDF – English
December 18, 2015 Canadian Bar Association PDF – English
December 18, 2015 Craig Skauge, Cora Pettipas (NEMA) PDF – English
December 21, 2015 Paige L. Ward (MFDA) PDF – English
December 21, 2015 Tara C. Manuel, Kara Dutta (ICE Trade Vault) PDF – English
December 21, 2015 MaRS Centre for Impact Investing PDF – English
December 21, 2015 Paul Kremer (Beechwood Agri Services Inc.) PDF – English
December 21, 2015 Ian Russell (IIAC) PDF – English
December 21, 2015 Ursula Menke (OSC Investor Advisory Panel) PDF – English
December 21, 2015 Lynne Cohoe (Homeland Grain Inc.) PDF – English
December 21, 2015 Davies, Ward, Phillips & Vineberg LLP PDF – English
December 21, 2015 Nancy Allan (IFB) PDF – English
December 22, 2015 Pamela Jeffery (Canadian Board Diversity Council) PDF – English
December 22, 2015 Andrea Cotroneo (Canadian Bankers Association) PDF – English
December 22, 2015 Rodney N. Thomas (PDAC) PDF – English
December 22, 2015 Joanne De Laurentiis (IFIC) PDF – English
December 22, 2015 Brian A. Hunt (CPAB) PDF – English
December 22, 2015 Ernst & Young LLP PDF – English
December 22, 2015 Josh VanSickle (Normelean Farms LTD) PDF – English
December 22, 2015 Priscilla Bunke (International Energy Credit Association) PDF – English
December 22, 2015 Michael Sabusco (Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP) PDF – English
December 22, 2015 Les Young Jr. (Les Young Farms Ltd.) PDF – English
December 22, 2015 Blair Cowper-Smith (OMERS) PDF – English
December 23, 2015 Per Sjöberg, Christoffer Mohammar (TriOptima) PDF – English
December 23, 2015 Greg Pollock, Caron Czorny (Advocis) PDF – English
December 23, 2015 Katherine Darras (ISDA) PDF – English
December 23, 2015 Neil Gross (FAIR Canada) PDF – English
December 23, 2015 Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP PDF – English
December 23, 2015 Trabue Bland (ICE) PDF – English
December 23, 2015 Rebecca Cowdery, Michael Burns, Philip Tardif, Michael Taylor (Borden Ladner Gervais LLP) PDF – English
December 23, 2015 Peter Archer, Donna Archer (Maizeing Acres Inc.) PDF – English
December 23, 2015 Joe Vaccaro (Ontario Home Builders’ Association) PDF – English
December 23, 2015 Sharon C. Geraghty, Andrew Gray, Glen R. Johnson, Simon Knowling, Rima Ramchandani, James D. Scarlett, David A. Seville (Torys LLP) PDF – English
December 23, 2015 Rene Sorell (McCarthy Tetrault) PDF – English
December 23, 2015 Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP PDF – English
December 23, 2015 Paul Allison (Raymond James Ltd.) PDF – English
December 23, 2015 Cheryl Graden (TMX Group Limited) PDF – English
December 23, 2015 Alberta Investment Management Corporation, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board, RBC Global Asset Management Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC PDF – English
December 23, 2015 Samantha Gale (MBABC) PDF – English
December 23, 2015 Laura Levine, Ramandeep K. Grewal, Philip J. Henderson, Jonah Mann, Simon A. Romano, Sherry L. Roth, William A. Scott, Mihkel E. Voore PDF – English
December 23, 2015 Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP PDF – English
 December 23, 2015  Katie Walmsley (PMAC) PDF – English
 January 6, 2016 Darrell Bartlett (Knowledge First Financial Inc.) PDF – English
 January 19, 2016 Bryan Tuckey (BILD) PDF – English

Past comments

All comments on the initial consultation draft legislation have been posted other than comments with content that was not considered appropriate for publication. That comment period closed on December 8, 2014.