Finding Common Cause: The Renewed Quest for a National Securities Regulator

Jeremy Fraiberg
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Jeremy Fraiberg: Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

No 136, e-briefs from C.D. Howe Institute

Abstract: Proponents of a national securities regulator suffered a setback when the Supreme Court of Canada ruled Ottawa’s proposed Securities Act to create such a body was unconstitutional. In its ruling, the Supreme Court nevertheless endorsed the possibility of a national regulator based on a model of cooperative federalism. The goal is still both feasible and desirable in view of the shortcomings of Canada’s current system of 13 provincial and territorial regulators. It remains to be seen, however, which provinces will cooperate with the federal government and, if so, on what terms.

Keywords: Financial Services; Canada; national securities regulator; Securities Act (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G10 G18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 5 pages
Date: 2012-06
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Published on the C.D. Howe Institute website, June 2012

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