Following a trend of rising whistleblower tips and awards, the Ontario Securities Commission (the "OSC") recently sent another strong signal to whistleblowers that "timely, specific and credible"...

Canada's Interim Commissioner of Competition recently announced a new Action Plan on Transparency and underscored the Bureau's commitment to rebuild trust with stakeholders through increased collaboration.

On November 19, 2018, amendments to Alberta's Securities Act (the "Act") came into force to protect whistleblowers who disclose securities-related misconduct ...

Whistleblower protections and significant bounties paid to whistleblowers in the U.S. continue to make headlines, just as issuers in Canada brace for the impact of the OSC's rollout of its whistleblower program in the coming weeks.

The British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) launched a Whistleblower Program (BC Policy 15-604) on November 7, 2023. The program offers financial awards, ranging from C$1,000 to C$250,000...

The British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) has introduced a new Whistleblower Program to incentivize future whistleblowers to come forward by offering monetary rewards...

The identical amendments to s. 121.5 of Ontario's Securities Act and s. 54.1 of the Commodity Futures Act are wide in scope and protect "whistleblowers" as follows...

Whistleblower laws exist to protect employees who disclose wrongdoing within their organizations.

The Canada Revenue Agency's (CRA) Offshore Tax Informant Program (OTIP) is a whistleblower program that rewards eligible individuals who come forward to provide CRA with information

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Moreover, employees were only permitted to provide information if compelled to do so by law or legal process and there was no exemption to permit an employee to provide information voluntarily to the SEC...

On December 31, 2015, U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III denied an employee whistleblower protection under the Dodd-Frank Act.

Internal whistleblower reports raise a series of risks for securities issuers.

Nonetheless, the Program is a step in the right direction for the OSC to attract credible tips.

In 2016, the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) adopted OSC Policy 15-601 (the Policy) which established its Whistleblower Program (the Program).

In a decision handed down on December 9, 2019, the Superior Court of Québec stressed the importance of keeping the identity of whistleblowers and their statements confidential in the context of investigations into wrongdoing ...

In July 2016, the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) launched its Whistleblower Program — the first of its kind in Canada.

In July 2016, the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) launched its Whistleblower Program.

Effective November 7, 2023, the British Columbia Securities Commission (the "Commission") introduced a new Whistleblower Program to encourage individuals to voluntarily provide information to the Commission's Office...

As of November 7, 2023, the British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) implemented a new Whistleblower program (the Whistleblower Program).