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On January 10, 2011, the Ontario Securities Commission published OSC Staff Notice 54-701 – "Regulatory Developments Regarding Shareholder Democracy Issues" which confirms their continued review of protections for shareholders' rights and corporate governance and provides an update regarding the status of OSC staff's work in the area.

The CSA published in final form amendments to the governance disclosure rules contained in National Instrument 58-101 - Disclosure of Corporate Governance Practices.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced last week that it will not seek a court rehearing on the validity of its proposed "proxy access" rules, which were rejected by the U.S. Court of Appeals in July.

When a crisis hits, the ability to sidestep disaster depends on the effectiveness of your company's response. Preparedness and oversight of crisis management is a key responsibility of the board of directors.

The Toronto Stock Exchange is proposing to amend its rules to require a listed company to obtain shareholder approval for an acquisition of another public company if the transaction involves the issuance of more than 50% of the listed company's outstanding shares (on a non-diluted basis).

New corporate governance disclosure were released by most of the securities regulatory authorities in Canada on October 15, 2014.

Historically, penalties against individuals convicted of offences under the Occupational Health and Safety Act ("OHSA") were limited to fines.

In this motion for leave, the defendants relied upon the reasonable investigations defence in s. 138.4(6) of the Ontario Securities Act.

In its 2012 Budget, the Ontario government announced its intention to introduce a legislative framework in the Fall of 2012 to improve efficiencies in the investment management of Ontario's defined benefit public sector pension plans (DB Plans) by the pooling of pension fund assets.

Individuals who serve as directors or offices of public companies in Canada face an increasing amount of shareholder litigation and a complex web of legal and regulatory provisions that must be managed, navigated and adhered to.

The Government of Ontario has passed an amendment to Regulation 965 under the Public Hospitals Act.

Recently, a group of prominent executives released an open letter and document known as Commonsense Principles 2.0.

Alberta's Bill 84, Business Corporations Amendment Act ("Bill 84"), which received Royal assent on December 2, 2021 and is expected to come into force in early 2022...

When considering the possibility of merging not-for-profit organizations, it's important to consider the financial impact.

TD Bank shareholders voted in favour of the proposal; RBC shareholders voted against the proposal.

The Canadian Securities Administrators have published a review of compliance with recent updates to reporting issuers' corporate governance disclosure, specifically relating to gender diversity.

Your organization will in all likelihood suffer a cyberattack. According to a recent study by Accenture, the average Canadian organization faces about 96 cyberattacks per year...

Last week we had a blog posting on "Directors: Who Qualifies and Who is Ineligible under the New Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act?".