PDF version: A National Securities Regulator? – No way! says the Alberta Court of Appeal
Case considered: Reference Re Securities Act (Canada), 2011 ABCA 77
Can the federal government pass legislation to establish and empower a national securities regulator? Essentially, this is the question referred by the Alberta Cabinet to the Alberta Court of Appeal. Specifically, the question relates to the draft National Securities Act, Sessional Paper No. 8 525-403-10. The National Securities Act would mean federal regulation of participants in the Canadian securities industry, federal disclosure rules and limits for raising money from the public, federal regulation of the trading of securities, and federal monitoring and enforcement of these rules to protect the public.
This question, the Alberta Court of Appeal answered with a resounding “No”.
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