General News 2005

December 23, 2005	Continuous Disclosure Requirements Repealed from The Securities Act, 1988 and The Securities Regulations
December 23, 2005	Staff Notice 31-702 Registration Proficiency Requirements comes into force on January 1, 2006
December 22, 2005	The Securities Amendments Regulations, 2006 come into force on January 1, 2006
December 22, 2005	Restated NI 43-101 and NI 44-101 come into force on December 30, 2005
December 22, 2005	The Securities Commission (Local Instruments) Amendment Regulations, 2005 (No. 3) come into force on January 1, 2006
December 16, 2005	CSA Notice 44-302 Replacement of NI 44-101 Short Form Prospectus Distributions
December 16, 2005	CSA Staff Notice 52-311 Required Forms of Certificates Under NI 52-109 Certification of Disclosure in Issuers Annual and Interim Filings
December 15, 2005	Decision - MacBain, Neufeld and Smith v. The Investment Dealers Association of Canada
December 12, 2005	CSA Staff Notice 51-316 Continuous Disclosure Review of Smaller Issuers
December 12, 2005	Request for Comment - Amendments to NI 51-102 Continuous Disclosure Obligations Notice Appendix A - Summary of Amendments Appendix B - Amendments to NI 51-102 Appendix C - Amendments to the Forms Appendix D - Amendments to NI 52-107 Appendix E - Amendments to NI 71-102 Appendix F - Amended Companion Policy 51-102 - black-lined Appendix G - Amended Companion Policy 71-102 - black-lined Appendix H - Amended NI 51-102 - black-lined
December 5, 2005	Local Instrument 32-501 Deposit Agents suspended until April 1, 2005
December 2, 2005	CSA Staff Notice 45-305 Frequently Asked Questions Regarding NI 45-106
December 1, 2005	The Securities Amendment Regulations, 2005 come into force
November 25, 2005	General Ruling/Order 45-914 Exemptions for Reinvestment Plans
November 25, 2005	CSA Staff Notice 81-315 Frequently Asked Questions on NI 81-106 Investment Fund Continuous Disclosure
November 25, 2005	Notice and Request for Comment - Amendments to National Instrument 31-101 National Registration System and to National Policy 31-201 National Registration System Notice Amendments to NI 31-101 Amendments to NP 31-201
November 25, 2005	Staff Notice 33-712 Surety Bond Not Required for Mutual Fund Dealers that Participate in the MFDA Investor Protection Corporation
November 24, 2005	Temporary cease trade order issued against Gordon Charles Edwards of Portfolio Strategies Corporation
November 22, 2005	The Securities Amendment Act, 2005 introduced
October 21, 2005	General Ruling/Order 45-913 Exemptions for Capital Accumulation Plans
October 21, 2005	Notice and Request for Comment - Amendments to NI 45-106 Prospectus and Registration Exemptions and Adoption of Exemptions for Capital Accumulation Plans Notice Appendix A - Summary of Comments Appendix B - Text of local blanket exemption or policy Appendix C - Amendments to NI 45-106 Appendix D - Notice of Saskatchewan regulation-making powers
October 21, 2005	National Instrument 44-101 Short Form Prospectus Distributions replaced Notice new NI 44-101 Short Form Prospectus Distributions new Form 44-101F1 Short Form Prospectus Notice of Consequential Amendments amendments to NI 44-102 Shelf Distributions amendments to Companion Policy 44-102CP amendments to NI 44-103 Post-Receipt Pricing amendments to Companion Policy 44-103CP amendments to NI 51-101 Standards of Disclosure for Oil and Gas Activities amendments to Companion Policy 51-101CP amendments to Form 51-102F2 Annual Information Form amendments to MI 11-101 Principal Regulator System
October 11, 2005	Amendments to National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Properties effective December 30, 2005 Press release Notice Appendix A - Summary of Changes Appendix B - List of Commenters Appendix C - Summary of comments and CSA responses Amended NI 43-101 Amended Form 43-101F1 Amended Companion Policy 43-101CP Amendments to NI 51-102 Continuous Disclosure Obligations
October 4, 2005	Employment opportunity - Deputy Director, Enforcement
October 4, 2005	Cease trade order issued against Sweeprite Mfg. Inc. for failure to file continuous disclosure material
September 26, 2005	Local 11-502 Removal of Statutory Exemptions comes into force on September 19, 2005
September 14, 2005	CSA Staff Notice 45-304 Notice of Local Exemptions Related to NI 45-106 Prospectus and Registration Exemptions
September 14, 2005	NI 45-106 Prospectus and Registration Exemptions comes into force on September 14, 2005
September 7, 2005	General Ruling Order 21-901 Market Facilitation Activities by Issuers in Their Own Securities
September 6, 2005	Saskatchewan Local Instrument 32-501 Deposit Agents comes into force on January 1, 2006
September 2, 2005	CSA Staff Notice 62-304 Conditions in Financing Arrangements for Take-over Bids and Issuer Bids
September 2, 2005	Commission regulations adopting MI 11-101 Principal Regulator System to come into force on September 19, 2005
September 2, 2005	Cease trade orders issued against Hartley Colin Paul Simon Extending Order dated August 31, 2005 Temporary Order dated August 17, 2005
August 26, 2005	CSA Notice 12-309 Impact of MI 11-101 Principal Regulator System of the MRRS for Exemptive Relief Applications
August 26, 2005	MI 11-101 Principal Regulator System Comes Into Force Notice Comments and Response Multilateral Instrument 11-101 Principal Regulator System Form 11-101F1 Notice of Principal Regulator Companion Policy 11-101CP Amended National Policy 12-201 Mutual Reliance Review System for Exemptive Relief Applications Amended National Policy 43-201 Mutual Reliance Review System for Prospectuses Amendments to National Instrument 51-101 Standards of Disclosure for Oil and Gas Activities Amendments to Multilateral Instrument 81-104 Commodity Pools
August 26, 2005	CSA Staff Notice 41-304 Income trusts:  prospectus disclosure of distributable cash News release Staff notice
August 26, 2005	GRO 51-909 Waiver of Continuous Disclosure Requirements for Issuers that Have Made Offerings under the Qualified Investor Exemption
August 22, 2005	Revised CSA Staff Notice 55-310 Questions and Answers on SEDI
August 8, 2005	Extending Order Maitland Capital Ltd. Al Grossman Steve Lanys
July 22, 2005	Temporary cease order issued against: Maitland Capital Ltd. Al Grossman Steve Lanys
July 22, 2005	CSA Discussion Paper 23-403 Trade Through Obligations News Release Discussion Paper
July 22, 2005	Amendments to Companion Policy 55-102CP System for Electronic Disclosure by Insiders (SEDI) Notice Amendments
July 11, 2005	NI 45-106 Prospectus and Registration Exemptions to come into force on September 14, 2005 News Release Notice of NI 45-106 Appendix A - Names of commenters Appendix B - Summary of comments and CSA responses Appendix C - Summary of changes to NI 45-106 and companion policy Appendix D - Table of Concordance NI 45-106 Prospectus and Registration Exemptions Form 45-106F1 Report of Exempt Distributions Form 45-106F2 Offering Memorandum for Non-Qualifying Issuers Form 45-106F3 Offering Memorandum for Qualifying Issuers Form 45-106F4 Risk Acknowledgement Form 45-106F5 Risk Acknowledgement - Saskatchewan Close Personal Friends and Close Business Associates Companion Policy to NI 45-106   Notice of Consequential Amendments Arising from NI 45-106 Prospectus and Registration Exemptions Appendix A - List of Commenters Appendix B - Summary of Comments and Responses Schedule 1 - Repeal of NI 32-101 Small Securityholder Selling and Purchase Arrangements, 62-101Control Block Distribution Issues, 45-103 Capital Raising Exemptions and 45-105 Trades to Employees, Senior Officers, Directors and Consultants Schedule 2 - Amendments to NI Instrument 33-105 Underwriting Conflicts Schedule 3 - Amendments to NI 45-101Rights Offerings Schedule 4 - Amendments to NI 62-103 The Early Warning System and Related Take-over Bid and Insider Reporting Issues Schedule 5 - Amendments to MI 45-102 Resale of Securities Schedule 6 - Amendments to Companion Policy to MI 45-102 Schedule 7 - Amendments Saskatchewan Local Instrument 33-502 Requirements for Sale of Certain Securities Schedule 8 - Adoption in Saskatchewan of National Instrument 33-105 Underwriting Conflicts Schedule 9 - Saskatchewan Local Instrument 11-502 Removal of Statutory Exemptions Table of Concordance - 45-106 Exemptions with Exemptions in The Securities Act, 1988 (Saskatchewan)
June 17, 2005	Changes in the registration branch
June 17, 2005	Corporate governance instruments come into force on June 30, 2005
June 14, 2005	CSA Extends comment period for NI 52-111 Reporting on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
June 3, 2005	CSA launches Registration Reform Project Website
June 1, 2005	NI 81-106 Investment Fund Continuous Disclosure comes into force on June 1, 2005
June 1, 2005	Local Staff Notice 33-711 Adviser and Deposit Agent Examinations
May 27, 2005	MI 11-101 Principal Regulator System published for comment Notice Multilateral Instrument 11-101 Principal Regulator System Form 11-101F1 Principal Regulator Notice Companion Policy 11-101CP Appendix A - Amendments to NP 31-201 National Registration System Appendix B - Amendments to NP 43-201 Mutual Reliance Review System for Prospectuses Appendix C - Amendments to NI 51-101 Standards of Disclosure for Oil and Gas Activities Appendix D - Amendments to MI 81-104 Commodity Pools
May 27, 2005	NI 81-107 Independent Review Committee for Investment Funds published for comment News Release Notice Appendix A - Summary of Comments Appendix B - Decision Tree Appendix C - Amendments to NI 81-101 Mutual Fund Prospectus Disclosure Appendix D - Amendments to NI 81-102 Mutual Funds Appendix E - Amendments to NI 81-106 Investment Fund Continuous Disclosure Appendix F - Amendments to NI 13-101 System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval (SEDAR) Appendix G - Amendments to NI 44-101 Short Form Prospectus Distributions Appendix H - Amendments to MI 81-104 Commodity Pools NI 81-107
May 20, 2006	Commission approves MFDA Investor Protection Fund
May 17, 2005	Amendments to MI 52-109 Certification of Disclosure in Issuers' Annual and Interim Filings Come Into Force June 6, 2005
May 9, 2005	CSA Staff Notice 52-309 MI 52-110 Audit Committees Compliance Review
April 29, 2005	CSA Staff Notice 57-303 Frequently asked questions regarding Management CTOs issued as a consequence of a failure to file financial statements
April 15, 2005	CSA corporate governance initiative to be effective June 30, 2005 Notice of National Policy 58-201 Corporate Governance Guidelines and National Instrument 58-101 Disclosure of Corporate Governance Practices NP 58-201 NI 58-101 Form 58-101F1 Form 58-101F2 Notice of Amendment to Multilateral Instrument 52-110 Audit Committees Amendments to MI 52-110 Amendments to Companion Policy 52-110CP
April 14, 2005	CSA Staff Notice 23-302 Electronic Audit Trail Initiative (TREATS)
April 14, 2005	Extending order issued in matter of Edouard Yvon Elzear Bonamie, Pat Theriault, Ives business Services Inc., Family Circle 40/40 Option Fund and the World of Synchrotron Fund.
April 4, 2005	Temporary cease trade order issued on March 31, 2005 against: Edouard Yvon Elzear Bonamie Pat Theriault Ives Business Services Inc. Family Circle 40/40 Option Fund the World of Synchrotron Performance Fund News release Order
April 1, 2005	Commission regulations amended and restated NI 55-101 Insider Reporting Exemptions will come into force on April 30, 2005
April 1, 2005	Amendments to MI 52-109 Certification of Disclosure in Issuers' Annual and Interim Filings Notice Appendix A - Sample Annual Certificate Appendix B - Summary of Comments and Responses Amendments to MI 52-109 Amendments Companion Policy 52-109CP
March 18, 2005	CSA Staff Notice 81-314 Removal of Foreign Content Restrictions for Registered Plans - Eliminating Indirect Foreign Content Exposure in Certain RSP Funds
March 15, 2005	CSA Communique
March 15, 2005	Notice of hearing - Euston Capital Corporation, George Schwartz et al.
March 11, 2005	National Instrument 81-106 Investment Fund Continuous Disclosure Notice Appendix A - Summary of Changes to National Instrument Appendix B - Summary of Comments and Response Appendix C - Amendments to NI 81-101 Mutual Fund Prospectus Disclosure Appendix D - Amendments to NI 81-102 Mutual Funds Appendix E - Amendments to NI 13-101 SEDAR Appendix F - Amendments to NI 81-104 Commodity Pool Appendix G - Amendments to NI 51-102 Continuous Disclosure Requirements Appendix H - Amendments to NI 52-107 Acceptable Accounting Principles, Auditing Standards and Reporting Currency Appendix I - Amendments to NI 71-102 Continuous Disclosure and Other Exemptions Relating to Foreign Issuers National Instrument Companion Policy Form
Feb 25, 2005	Notice and Request for Comment - Application for Approval of MFDA Investor Protection Corporation Notice Summary of Comments on application for approval published November 2002 Revised Application for Approval Exhibit A - MFDA IPC Letter Patent Exhibit B - By-law No. 1 of the MFDA IPC Exhibit B blacklined to show changes to November 2002 document Exhibit C - Draft Policy relating to MFDA IPC customer coverage Exhibit C blacklined to show changes to November 2002 document Exhibit D - Proposed amended MFDA advertising rule Exhibit D blacklined to show changes to November 2002 document Exhibit E - Proposed amended MFDA advertising policy relating to MFDA IPC Exhibit E blacklined to show changes to November 2002 document Draft Approval Order
Feb 25, 2005	GRO 35-901 Non-Resident Registrants
Feb 23, 2005	GRO 52-904 Certain Issuers Ceasing to be Reporting Issuers in Reorganizations and Take-Over Bids
Feb 23, 2005	GRO 33-905 Exemption from Certain Provisions of Section 15 of Local Instrument 33-502 Requirements for Sale of Certain Securities
Feb 21, 2005	Teens Take Online Savings & Investing Quiz for the Chance to Win $2,000 Cash Scholarship
Feb 18, 2005	CSA Staff Notice 13-315 Securities Regulatory Authority Closed Dates 2005
Feb 15, 2005	Commission regulations adopting NI 31-101 and amendments to NI 54-101 come into force
Feb 14, 2005	Notice of Amended and Restated National Instrument 55-101 Insider Reporting Exemptions Notice Appendix A - Summary of Comments Appendix B - NI 55-101 blacklined to show changes Appendix C - Additional Notice Requirements NI 55-101 Companion Policy 55-101CP
Feb 11, 2005	News Release - CSA Request New Members for Mining Technical Advisory and Monitoring Committee
Feb 11, 2005	CSA Notice 24-301 Responses to Comments Straight Through Processing Discussion Paper CSA Notice 24-301 CSA News Release Canadian Capital Markets Association News Release
Feb 11, 2005	Revised CSA Notice 51-311 - Frequently Asked Questions about NI 51-102 Continuous Disclosure Obligations
Feb 8, 2005	Temporary registration restrictions imposed on Portus Alternative Asset Management Inc. News Release Order
Feb 7, 2005	Notice of National Instrument 31-101 National Registration System and National Policy 31-201 National Registration System Notice Appendix A - Summary of Comments - NI 31-101 Appendix B - Summary of Comments - NP 31-201 Appendix C - Summary of Changes  National Instrument 31-101 Form 31-101F1 Election to sue the NRS and Determination of Principal Regulator Form 31-101F2 Notice of Change National Policy 31-201National Registration System
Feb 4, 2005	Request for Comment - Multilateral Instrument 52-111 Reporting on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting; and Repeal and Replacement of 52-109 Certification of Disclosure in Issuers' Annual and Interim Filings Notice and Request for Comment MI 52-111 Reporting on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting Companion Policy 52-111CP MI 52-109 Certification of Disclosure in Issuers' Annual and Interim Filings Companion Policy 52-109CP
Feb 4, 2005	CSA Staff Notice 12-307 Ceasing to be a Reporting Issuer under the MRRS for Exemptive Relief Applications - revised February 4, 2005
Feb 3, 2005	Local Staff Notice 45-705 Preparation and Audit Requirements for Future Oriented Financial Information Included in MI 45-103 Offering Memoranda
Jan 26, 2005	Commission issues 25 year cease trade order against Kenneth Guy Jorgenson
Jan 21, 2005	CSA Staff Notice 58-302 Implementation of Corporate Governance Policy and Related Disclosure Instrument
Jan 20, 2005	CSA Notice 51-314 Guidance Regarding the Determination of Constant Prices for Bitumen Reserves under NI 51-101
Jan 14, 2005	Executive Compensation Disclosure - Retirement Benefits News Release CSA Staff Notice 51-314
Jan 7, 2005	Request for Comment - Repeal and Replacement of National Instrument 44-101 Short Form Prospectus Requirements Notice and Request for Comment New National Instrument 44-101  New Form 44-101F1  Short Form Prospectus New Companion Policy to NI 44-101 Notice of Consequential Amendments  Amendments to NI 44-102 Shelf Distributions NI 44-102 Shelf Distributions as amended  Amendments to Companion Policy to NI 44-102 Companion Policy to NI 44-102 as amended Amendments to NI 44-103 Post-Receipt Pricing NI 44-103 Post-Receipt Pricing as amended  Amendments to Companion Policy to NI 44-103 Companion Policy to NI 44-103 as amended Amendments to National Policy 43-201 Mutual Reliance Review System for Prospectuses and Annual Information Forms National Policy 43-201 Mutual Reliance Review System for Prospectuses and Annual Information Forms as amended Amendments to National Instrument 51-101 Standards of Disclosure for Oil and Gas Activities Amendments to Companion Policy to NI 51-101
Jan 6, 2005	Staff Notice 45-704 Review of Offering Memoranda Filed Under MI 45-103 Capital Raising Exemptions
Jan 5, 2005	GRO 45-902 Labour Sponsored Venture Capital Corporations amended and restated
Jan 3, 2005	Commission Regulations Amending Local Instruments Came Into Force on December 31, 2004

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