October 2007 The Canadian Securities Law Reporter.

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October 2007 The Canadian Securities Law Reporter

Transcript of October 2007 The Canadian Securities Law Reporter.

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The Canadian Securities Law

Reporter

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Canadian Securities Law Reporter

A valuable cross-jurisdictional comprehensive resource focusing on Canadian securities law

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Available in Three Platforms

You can choose from one of the following formats—Internet—CD—Loose-Leaf (Paper)

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Updated Frequently

Update Frequency—Internet format continuously updated—CD and Loose-Leaf versions are updated bi-weekly

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Dedicated Team of Editorial Experts

Paul Andrews (Securities Writer, B.A. (Hon.), LL.B., C.S.C.)

Kathleen Jones-Lepidas (Associate Editor, B.A., C.S.C.)

Shari Zinman (Editor, B.A. (Hon.), M.A.)

Tammy Burns (Editor, B.A. (Hon.))

Lori Adams (Legal Consultant, B.B.A., LL.B., M.B.A.)

Joanne Dolfato (Legal Consultant, B.A., LL.B., M.B.A., C.S.C.)

Note: document annotations for the Ontario Securities Act are prepared by Sean Sadler, McCarthy Tétrault.

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A Valuable Resource for Securities Lawyers

Assists you in interpreting and prioritizing complex legal materials

Includes Ontario, eastern, western and federal statutes and regulations

Assists practitioners in keeping up-to-date with ongoing changes in the securities law area

Provides quick and easy access to information

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Current and Up-to-date

Our team devotes approximately 5,800 hours per year to the tracking, updating and analysis of the latest legislative and case law developments

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Fully Linkable

Our team updates and maintains over 22,000 hypertext links in the electronic versions of the product

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Canada Securities Law Reporter Includes …

Full texts of federal and provincial statutes and regulations

National and Multilateral Instruments

Policy Statements

Securities Commission Rules, Notices and Blanket Orders

Regulations and by-laws of self-regulatory bodies (Investment Dealers Association of Canada, Investment Funds Institute of Canada and Mutual Funds Dealers Association)

By-Laws, Policies and Rules of Stock Exchanges

Topical Index (paper only)

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Features Include

News Tracker (Online Only)— A Current Awareness Service that will assist professionals in keeping

up-to-date

A monthly Newsletter -- Canadian Securities Law News —Provides summaries of cases and outlines recent developments in

applicable legislation

ALL major relevant legislation —Provides quick access to relevant legislation

Expert Commentary—Interpretation and analysis of legal information, written by our team of

experts

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News Tracker

Updated continuously to provide you with up-to-date securities information as you need it

Provides instant access to:—National Instruments —National Policies and Notices —Securities Commission Rules, Policies, and Notices —Stock Exchange By-laws, Rules, and Policies —By-laws and Regulations of the Investment Dealers Association (IDA),

Investment Funds Institute of Canada (IFIC) and Mutual Fund Dealers Association of Canada (MFDA)

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News Tracker

Available online

Delivered via email

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What’s New

Provides a list of permanent updates to the Canada Securities Law Reporter

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The Canadian Securities Law News

Includes feature articles and summaries of leading decisions

Published monthly

Delivered to your inbox

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Expert Commentary Written by our team of experts

Provides comprehensive valuable information for Securities Law Practitioners

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Case Law

Selected leading securities law decisions

Includes both court and securities commission decisions

Dates back to 1999

Online includes full-text of recent decisions

Cases are selected by our team of experts

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Statutes and Regulations

Includes relevant eastern, western, Ontario and federal securities statutes and regulations

Updated continuously

Fully searchable

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Includes: Pending Amendments and Long History Notes

The following features were added to the product’s core legislation—Pending amendments (i.e. amendments awaiting proclamation)—Long history notes that provide the previous wording of amended provisions—Pending amendments are included in print and electronic versions—Long history is available electronically

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Related Matter

Legislation also includes links to Related Matter

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National and Multilateral Regulatory Documents

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National Policy Statements and Notices

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Table of Concordance to Securities Legislation

Covers all Canadian jurisdictions

Ideal for clients that have multi-jurisdictional responsibilities

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Table of Concordance to Securities Regulations

Covers all Canadian jurisdictions

Ideal for clients that have multi-jurisdictional responsibilities

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Securities Commission Documents

Includes Securities Commission Rules, Notices and Blanket Orders

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Forms Includes securities-related forms

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2006 Updates Include New explanatory commentary about Registration Requirements

and Exemptions written by Paul C. Bourque, Executive Vice-President, Member Regulation, Investment Dealers Association of Canada

New explanatory commentary about Insider Reporting and the Early Warning System written by Alasdair Federico of McCarthy Tétrault LLP

New explanatory commentary about Securities Enforcement written by Joel Wiesenfeld and Andrew Gray of Torys LLP

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2006 Updates Continued

New explanatory commentary about Insider Trading written by Joseph Groia of Groia & Company Professional Corporation

New explanatory commentary about Take-Over Bids written by Ava Yaskiel of Ogilvy Renault LLP

New explanatory commentary about Foreign Issuers and Securities Transactions outside the jurisdiction written by Philip Mohtadi of Torys LLP

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2006 Updates Continued

Digests of over 45 leading court, commission and self-regulatory decisions in the area of securities law, including—Kerr v. Danier Leather Inc. (Ont. C.A.)—Ford Motor Company (Canada) v. OMERS (Ont. C.A.)—R v. Rankin (Ont. S.C.J.)—Re Sears Canada Inc. (OSC)—Sears Holding Corporation v. OSC (Ont. S.C.J. (Div. Ct.)—Re Falconbridge Limited (OSC) and

—Re Inco Limited and Teck Cominco Limited (OSC)

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2006 Updates Continued All amendments to the 89 relevant federal, provincial and

territorial statutes and regulations in the product, including—Alberta: Securities Amendment Act, 2006 (S.A. 2006, c. 30);

Securities Transfer Act (S.A. 2006, c. 9) in force January 1, 2007 (new)

—British Columbia: Income Trust Liability Act (S.B.C. 2006, c.14) (new); Securities Amendment Act, 2006 (S.B.C. 2006, c. 32)

—Manitoba: The Securities Amendment Act (S.M. 2006, c. 11); The Corporations Amendment Act (S.M. 2006, c. 10)

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2006 Updates Continued

—Northwest Territories: Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (S.N.W.T. 2006, c. 23)

—Ontario: Securities Transfer Act (S.O. 2006, c. 8) in force January 1, 2007 (new); Budget Measures Act, 2006 (No. 1) (S.O. 2006, c.9)

—Saskatchewan: Securities Amendment Act, 2006 (No. 1) (S.S. 2006, c. 8); The Income Trust Liability Act (S.S. 2006, c. I-2.02) (new)

—Yukon: An Act to amend The Securities Act (S.Y. 2006, c. 8)

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2006 Updates Continued New and amended securities regulatory instruments, including

—National Instrument 44-101, “Short Form Prospectus Distributions” (amended)

—National Instrument 51-102, “Continuous Disclosure Obligations” (amended)—National Instrument 52-107, “Acceptable Accounting Principles, Auditing

Standards and Reporting Currency” (amended)—National Instrument 71-102, “Continuous Disclosure and other Exemptions

relating to Foreign Issuers” (amended)—National Instrument 81-107, “Independent Review Committee for Mutual

Funds” (new)—OSC Rule 81-802, Implementing National Instrument 81-107, Independent

Review Committee For Investment Funds (new)—OSC Rule 13-502, Fees (replaced)

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2006 Updates Continued

New and revised annotations to the Quebec, Alberta and British Columbia Securities Act

New and revised annotations to the Ontario Securities Act, prepared by McCarthy Tétrault

Updates to the Tables of Concordance for the provincial Securities Acts, and for Securities Act Regulations;

Revisions to the product’s indexes

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2007 Updates Ongoing addition of new analytical commentary

Tracking of important pending legislation and regulatory instruments, including

—British Columbia: Bill 18, Finance Statutes Amendment Act

—Nova Scotia: Bill 75, An Act to Amend the Securities Act

—Ontario: Bill 151, Budget Measures Act, 2006 (No. 2); Bill 152 Ministry of Government Services Consumer Protection and Service Modernization Act, 2006; Ontario Securities Act: amendments from 2006, c. 21, c. 29, c. 33, c. 35; 2007, c. 7 Annotations revised

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2007 Updates Continued—Quebec: Bill 29, An Act to amend the Securities Act and other legislative

provisions; Quebec Securities Act: amendments from 2006, c. 50 annotations revised

—Saskatchewan: Bill 19, Securities Amendment Act, 2006 (No. 2); Bill 23, Securities Transfer Act

—New Brunswick: S.N.B. 2007, c. 38 S.N.B. 2006, c. E-9.18 

—Newfoundland: S.N.L. 2006, c. 42 S.N.L. 2006, c. 40 S.N.L. 2007, c. T-9.1 S.N.L. 2007, c. S-13.01

—Nova Scotia: S.N.S. 2007, c. 9 S.N.S. 2006, c. 46

—National Instrument 24-101, Institutional Trade Matching and Settlement

—National Instrument 62-104, Take-Over Bids and Issuer Bids

Addition of an index to the commentary.

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Plans for 2008Alberta:

Bill 21, the Securities Amendment Act, 2007

British Columbia:

Bill 38, the Securities Act, 2004, c. 43 (the proclamation of this Act has been postponed indefinitely)

Bill 28, the Securities Amendment Act, 2007

Manitoba:

Bill 7, the Insurance Amendment Act, 2007

Bill 9, the Securities Amendment Act, 2007

Bill 17, the Securities Amendment Act, 2006

Nova Scotia:

S.N.S. 2006, c. 46 - An Act to Amend the Securities Act (Bill 75) – currently partially in force, Parts of this Act that are in force have been added to CSL (with Long History Notes)

Bill 192, An Act to Amend the Companies Act

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Plans for 2008

New Brunswick:

S.N.B. 2007, c. 38 – An Act to Amend the Securities Act (Bill 62) – currently partially in force, parts of this Act that are in force have been added to CSL (with Long History Notes)

Newfoundland and Labrador:

S.N.L 2006, c. 42 – An Act to Amend the Securities Act No. 2 (Bill 51) – currently partially in force, parts of this Act that are in force have been added to CSL (with Long History Notes)

Prince Edward Island:

Bill 10, Police Act

Bill 16, Securities Act to Prince Edward Island

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The Library features: —Authoritative analysis by leading practitioners on all aspects of U.S.

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Federal Securities Regulation Integrated Library

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Securities Compliance Tracker

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Canada Securities Law Reporter

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