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As we discussed last month, the Canadian Securities Administrators Derivatives Committee recently released the latest in a series of eight papers intended to build on the high-level proposals found in Consultation Paper 91-401 regarding the regulation of OTC derivatives.

Entering the housing market for the first time can be a bewildering experience, especially where financing is concerned.

In the technical language of the Personal Property Security Act (the "PPSA")[1], a secured party requires both attachment and perfection to obtain a perfected security ...

Proposed amendments to certain regulations under the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (PCMLTFA) purport to subject non-financial institution mortgage lenders to...

Public company directors and offi cers, and their lawyers, were given some guidance by the Ontario Court of Appeal in late 2005 on the question of their potential liability for forecasts made in a prospectus, in circumstances where there may be a change in a “material fact” between the date the fi nal prospectus is issued and the closing date of the intended transaction.

In its recent decision in AiT Advanced Information Technologies Corporation, the Ontario Securities Commission gives direction to target corporations for determining when a material change occurring during the course of negotiating a merger and acquisition transaction would trigger a disclosure obligation under Ontario securities law.

On October 27, 2009, the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) released Staff Notice 91-702 Offerings of Contracts for Difference and Foreign Exchange Contracts to Investors in Ontario.

In July 2011, the Canadian Securities Administrators published for comment a new governance and disclosure regulatory regime for issuers with securities listed on venture exchanges, such as the TSX Venture Exchange and the Canadian National Stock Exchange in Canada.

Pursuant to Section 347 of the Criminal Code, an effective annual interest rate that exceeds 60% of the total credit advanced under an agreement or arrangement is a criminal rate.

National Instrument 51-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Oil and Gas Activities (NI 51-101) requires reporting issuers in Canada engaged in oil and gas activities to report, on an annual basis, estimated quantities of their reserves and related future net revenue using forecast prices and costs.

In 2724582 Ontario Inc v Gold, 2025 ONCA 531, the Court of Appeal for Ontario upheld a motion judge's decision that provisions within a Release preventing a releasor from making regulatory complaints...

With rising interest rates and falling commercial real estate prices, we may be entering (or perhaps are already in) a period of increased commercial mortgage defaults and power of sale proceedings.

Significant remaining provisions to the "Forestry Service Providers Protection Act" came into force on April 1, 2013.

The Toronto Stock Exchange (the "TSX") has adopted rules (the "SPAC Rules") permitting the listing of special purpose acquisition corporations ("SPACs") on the TSX.

The Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) has adopted rules that will permit special purpose acquisition corporations (SPACs) to be listed on the TSX.

Beginning January 1, 2011, virtually every stock option exercise by an employee or director will trigger employer tax withholding and remittance requirements.

Subsequent advances under the mortgage may also have priority, unless, at the time of the advance, a lien had been preserved or perfected or the mortgagee had received written notice of a lien.