11-305 |
CSA Staff Notice |
Withdrawal
of CSA Staff Notice 42-301 and 52-302 |
Jan 16, 2004 |
Gives notices of withdrawal of
CSA Staff Notices 42-301and 52-302 Dual Reporting of
Financial Information effective March 30, 2004. Dual
reporting issuers should refer to NI 52-107. |
11-306 |
CSA Notice |
Extension
of Comment Period for Uniform Securities Act and Model
Securities Administration Act |
Feb 20, 2004 |
Gives notice that the period
for commenting on the draft Uniform Securities Act and
model Securities Administration Act has been extended for
60 days until May 17, 2004. |
11-308 |
Staff Notice |
Guidelines for use of Mobility Exemptions under Part 5 of
MI 11-101 Principal Regulator System |
January 27, 2006 |
Provides guidance on the use of
the mobility registration exemptions in Part 5 of MI 11-101
Principal Regulator System |
12-302 |
CSA Staff Notice |
National Policy 12-201 Mutual Reliance Review System for Exemptive Relief Applications ("ERA") - ERA and Applications for Approvals or Exemptions under National Policy No. 39 "Mutual Funds" |
Nov 19, 1999. |
Communicates the view of CSA staff on how the MRRS for Exemptive Relief Applications relates to applications for approvals and exemptions made under National Policy 39 Mutual Funds. |
12-304 |
CSA Staff Notice |
Mutual Reliance Review System for Exemptive Relief Applications Frequently Occurring Issues |
Aug 11, 2000. |
Gives guidance on procedures and issues under the Mutual Reliance Review System for Exmeptive Relief Applications. |
12-306 |
CSA Staff Notice |
Exemptive Relief Applications and Year End |
Sept 28, 2001. Expires Dec 31, 2001. |
Gives notice of timing deadlines for exemption applications before December, 31, 2001. |
12-307 |
CSA Staff Notice |
Ceasing to be a Reporting
Issuer under the MRRS for Exemptive Relief Applications |
Sept 12, 2003. Revised
Feb 4, 2005 |
Sets out a revised procedure
for applications to cease to be a reporting issuer. |
12-309 |
CSA Notice |
Impact of the Principal
Regulator System on the MRRS for Exemptive Relief
Applications |
September 19, 2005 |
Provides guidance on how the
principal regulator system works in conjunction with the
MRRS for Exemptive Relief for issuers that need an
exemption from continuous disclosure or prospectus
eligibility requirements. |
13-305 |
CSA Staff Notice |
SEDAR Changes for Mutual Reliance Review Systems for Prospectuses and AIFs |
Sept 3, 1999. |
Outlines the changes made to SEDAR to accommodate MRRS filings and to provide instructions for making non-MRRS filings on SEDAR |
13-306 |
CSA Staff Notice |
Guidance for SEDAR Users |
Apr 30, 2001 |
Provides guidance to SEDAR users on specified issues. |
13-307 |
CSA Staff Notice |
Notice of amendments to the SEDAR Filer Manual |
Aug 27, 2001 |
Gives notice of a new version of the SEDAR Filer Manual Version 7.0. |
13-308 |
CSA Staff Notice |
Increases to SEDAR Annual Filing Service Charges |
Nov 9, 2001 |
Gives notice that SEDAR Annual filing Service Charges will increase. |
13-311 |
CSA Staff Notice |
Changes
to SEDAR Annual Filing Charges |
April 11, 2003 |
Gives notice that SEDAR annual
filing service charges will increase to include SEDI annual
charges. |
13-313 |
CSA Staff Notice |
Securities
Regulatory Authority Closed Dates 2005 |
Feb 18, 2005 |
Sets out the list of closed
dates of the securities regulatory authorities for 2005. |
13-314 |
CSA Staff
Notice |
Changes
to Sedar Annual Filing Service Charges 2005 |
Nov 4, 2004 |
Gives notice that SEDAR annual
filing service charges will increase. |
13-315 |
CSA Staff Notice |
Securities Regulatory
Authority Closed Dates 2006 |
January 13, 2006 |
Sets out the list of closed
dates of the securities regulatory authorities for 2006. |
21-301 |
Multilateral Staff Notice |
Canadian Venture Exchange |
Nov 26, 1999. |
States that references to the VSE and ASE in existing regulations, rules, orders and the like may be interpreted as references to CDNX. |
21-302 |
CSA Staff Notice |
Confidentiality of
forms filed under National Instrument 21-101 Marketplace
Operations |
January 24, 2003 |
Gives notice that the securities regulators will keep
confidential the forms that that marketplaces and
information processes are required to file under National
Instrument 21-101 Marketplace Operations. |
23-301 |
CSA Staff Notice |
Electronic
Audit Trails |
March 21, 2003 |
CSA Staff, the Investment
Dealers Association and the Bourse de Montreal announce
that they are working to determine an implementation plan
for electronic audit trail and transmission requirements
for records relating to orders and trades. |
23-302 |
CSA Staff Notice |
Joint Regulatory Notice
- Electronic Audit Trail Initiative (TREATS) |
April 15, 2005 |
Provides an update on the
Transaction Reporting Electronic Audit Trail System
5(TREATS). TREATS is to fulfill the audit trail
requirements introduced in
NI
23-101 Trading Rules |
24-301 |
CSA Staff Notice |
Responses
to Comments on Discussion Paper 24-401 on Straight Through
Processing and Proposed NI 24-101
Discussion
Paper 24-401
|
Feb 11, 2005. |
Provides an update on industry
and regulatory developments on straight through processing
and a summary of the comments received on Discussion Paper
24-401 released on April 16, 2004. |
31-305 |
CSA Staff Notice |
Registration Streamlining System |
September 20, 2002 |
Explains the Registration Streamlining System for salespersons registering in more than one jurisdiction. |
31-306 |
CSA Staff Notice |
National Registration
Database to Launch on March 31, 2003 |
October 11, 2002 |
Announces that National Registration Database will launch
on March 31, 2003. |
31-307 |
CSA Notice |
National
Registration Database (NRD) Enrolment and User Fees |
February 7, 2003 |
Sets out information about
enrolment and users fees for the NRD. |
33-303 |
CSA Staff Notice |
Trust Accounts for Mutual Fund Securities |
May 14, 1999. |
Assists dealers in complying with section 12 of National Policy 39 Mutual Funds, and sets out staff's views on the minimum internal controls appropriate to ensure dealers meet these requirements. |
33-304 |
CSA Notice |
CSA Distribution Structures Committee Position Paper |
Aug 24, 1999. |
Sets out the CSA's policy positions that address the regulatory issues that have arisen due to changes that are occurring in the manner in which securities firms structure their businesses provide securities trading and advising services to the public. |
33-305 |
CSA Staff Notice |
Sale of Insurance Products by Dually Employed Salespersons |
Jan 14, 2000. |
Clarifies that CSA Distribution Structures Position Paper does not require salespersons to offer the sale of insurance products through a dealer. |
33-306 |
CSA Notice |
Date
of NRD Freeze Period |
February 7, 2003 |
Announces that March 7, 2003 is
the freeze period for the National Registration
Database. |
33-307 |
CSA Staff Notice |
List
of Canadian Registrant and Non-Registrant Firms that
Completed the CSA STP Readiness Assessment Survey |
July, 2003 |
Lists the firms that responded
to the CSA's Straight-Through Processing Readiness
Assessment Survey. |
33-308 |
CSA Staff Notice |
The
CSA STP Readiness Survey Report is Now Available on the OSC
Web site |
Sept 19, 2003 |
Gives notice that the STP
Readiness Survey Report is available on the OSC Web site. |
33-401 |
CSA Notice |
Canadian Capital Markets Association - T + 1 Paper |
Request for comment to May 8, 2001 |
Request for comment on the Canadian Capital Markets Association's paper on shortening the settlement period to one day after the trade (T + 1). |
41-303 |
CSA Staff Notice |
Harmonization of Prospectus Requirements Across the CSA |
April 5, 2002 |
Notice of the CSA's project to harmonize the long form prospectus regime in Canada by Spring 2003. |
41-304 |
CSA Staff Notice |
Income trusts:
prospectus disclosure of distributable cash |
August 26, 2005 |
Provides guidance on the
information that income trusts are expected to disclose in
a prospectus about estimated distributable cash. |
42-303 |
CSA Staff Notice |
Prospectus
Requirements |
March 12, 2004 |
Indicates that staff will
recommend relief form certain prospectus rules that are not
consistent with NI 51-102 or NI 52-107. |
43-302 |
CSA Staff Notice |
Frequently Asked Questions on National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects |
Oct 19, 2001. Revised Feb 8, 2002.
Revised Jan 24, 2003 |
Sets out frequently asked questions and answers respecting National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects. |
43-304 |
CSA Staff Notice |
Prospectus Filing Matters - Arthur Andersen LLP Consent |
June 28, 2002 |
Provides guidance to former clients of Arthur Andersen LLP - Canada about financial statements audited by the firm that are included in prospectuses and other documents. |
44-301 |
CSA Staff Notice |
Frequently Asked Questions Regarding the New Prospectus Rules |
Mar 15, 2002 |
Sets out frequently asked questions and answers respecting:
* National Instrument (NI) 44-101 Short Form Prospectus Distributions, * NI 44-102 Shelf Distributions,
* NI 44-103 Post-Receipt Pricing and
* OSC rule 41-501 General Prospectus Requirements. |
44-302 |
CSA Staff Notice |
Required forms of
Certificates under MI 52-109 Certification of Disclosure
in Issuers' Annual and Interim Filings |
December 16, 2005 |
Assists certifying officers in
determining what form of certificate is required under MI
52-109 for various financial years and interim periods. |
45-301 |
CSA Staff Notice |
Implementation of Multilateral Instrument 45-102 Resale of Securities |
Nov 30, 2001 |
Clarifies the application of Multilateral Instrument 45-102 Resale of Securities to resource issuers |
45-302 |
CSA Staff Notice |
Frequently Asked Questions Regarding the
Resale Rules |
April 2, 2004 |
Answers frequent questions about Multilateral Instrument 45-102
Resale of Securities. |
45-303 |
CSA Staff Notice |
Interpretation
of the Amalgamation Exemption |
August 8, 2003 |
Provides guidance regarding
staff's interpretation of the amalgamation exemption. |
45-304 |
CSA Staff Notice |
Notice of Local
Exemptions Related to NI 45-106 |
September 9, 2005 |
Lists local prospectus and
registration exemptions in force after NI 45-106
comes into force. |
45-305 |
CSA Staff Notice |
Frequently Asked
Questions regarding NI 45-106 Prospectus and
Registration Exemptions |
December 2, 2005 |
|
46-302 |
CSA Staff Notice |
Consent to Amend Existing Escrow Agreements |
June 15, 2001 |
Provides guidelines under which securities regulators will permit existing escrow agreements to be amended to reflect the release terms outlined in CSA Notice 46-301 Proposal for Uniform Terms of Escrow Applicable to Initial Public Distributions. |
51-301 |
CSA Staff Notice |
Conversion of Corporate Issuers to Trusts |
Oct 10, 1997. |
Sets out CSA staff's views on protection of investors' rights when reporting issuers reorganize their affairs so that their security holders become security holders of a trust. |
51-304 |
CSA Staff Notice |
Report on Staff's
Review of Executive Compensation Disclosure |
November 4, 2002 |
Reports findings of staff's review (May to September, 2002)
of issuers' executive compensation disclosure in management
information circulars. Provides guidance in complying
with disclosure requirements. |
51-305 |
CSA Staff Notice |
Canadian Capital Markets Association - Corporate Actions
and Other Entitlements White Paper - October 2002 |
November 29, 2002 |
Provides information and background to the Canadian Capital
Markets Association's White Paper on Corporate Actions and
Other Entitlements. |
51-308 |
CSA Staff Notice |
Filing
of Management's Discussion and Analysis and National
Instrument 51-102 Continuous Disclosure Obligations |
Dec 19, 2003 |
Provides guidance on complying
with MD&A requirements upon implementation of NI
51-102. |
51-309 |
CSA Staff Notice |
National
Instrument 51-101 Standards of Disclosure for Oil and
Gas Activities - Acceptance of Certain Foreign
Professional Boards as a "Professional
Organization"
MRRS
Decision document dated Jan 6, 2004 |
Jan 19, 2004 |
Gives notice that the CSA have
added the listed professional boards in the United States
to the list of professional organizations for the purposes
of NI 51-101. |
51-310 |
CSA Staff Notice |
Report on Staff's Continuous
Disclosure Review of Income Trust Issuers |
Feb 13, 2004 |
Reports the findings and
comments of CSA staff from the review of the continuous
disclosure records of 40 income trust issuers. |
51-311 |
CSA Staff Notice |
Frequently
Asked Questions Regarding NI 51-102 Continuous
Disclosure Obligations |
March 26, 2004. Amended
April 23, 2004. Revised Feb 11, 2005. |
|
51-312 |
CSA Staff
Notice |
Harmonized Continuous Disclosure
Review Program |
July 16, 2004 |
|
51-313 |
CSA Staff Notice |
Frequently
Asked Questions about NI 51-101 Standards of Disclosure
for Oil and Gas Activities |
April 8, 2004 |
|
51-314 |
CSA Staff Notice |
Retirement
Benefits Disclosure |
January 14, 2005 |
Provides
guidance to issuers to include in Statements of Executive
Compensation disclosure of retirement benefits. |
51-315 |
CSA Staff Notice |
Guidance
Regarding the Determination of Constant Prices for Bitumen
Reserves under National Instrument 51-101 Standards of
Disclosure for Oil and Gas Activities |
Jan 20, 2005 |
Provides guidance as to how the
constant price used in estimating bitumen reserves and
related future net revenue should be determined under NI
51-101 in the absence of a published market for bitumen. |
51-316 |
CSA Staff Notice |
Continuous Disclosure
Review of Smaller Issuers |
December 9, 2005 |
Summarizes the most frequent
deficiencies in the CD record of smaller issuers. |
52-304 and 81-309 |
CSA Staff Notice |
Application of National Policy Statement 31 Change of Auditor of a Reporting Issuer and National Instrument 81-101 Mutual Funds when a reporting issuer appoints a new auditor as a result of
Arthur Anderson LLP - Canada ceasing to practise public accounting. |
August 9, 2002 |
Sets out staff's views on the application of
National Policy Statement 31 Change of Auditor of a Reporting Issuer and National Instrument 81-101 Mutual Funds when a reporting issuer appoints a new auditor as a result of
Arthur Anderson LLP - Canada ceasing to practise public accounting. |
52-305 |
CSA Staff Notice |
Optional
Use of U.S. GAAP and U.S. GAAS by SEC Issuers |
May 2, 2003 |
Sets out the principles on
which Canadian securities regulators will grant exemptions
permitting SEC issuers to file financial statements
prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP and audit reports
prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAS. |
52-306 |
CSA Staff Notice |
Non-GAAP
Financial Measures |
Nov 14, 2003 |
Provides guidance to issuers
who disclose financial measures other than those prescribed
by GAAP |
52-307 |
CSA Staff Notice |
Auditor
Oversight and Financial Statements Accompanied by an Audit
Report dated on or after March 30, 2003 |
Dec 5, 2003 |
Alerts reporting issuers and
their auditors to plan to comply with MI 52-108 Auditor
Oversight which will affect auditors' reports dated on or
after March 30, 2004. |
52-308 |
CSA Staff Notice |
Status
of Proposed Instrument Regarding Reporting on Internal
Control Over Financial Reporting |
Oct 15, 2004. |
|
52-309 |
CSA Staff Notice |
MI 52-110 Audit
Committees Compliance Review |
May 6, 2005 |
Gives notice the CSA staff will
conduct a review of issuers' compliance with MI 52-110
Audit Committee's requirements regarding audit
committee composition and responsibilities |
52-311 |
CSA Staff Notice |
Required Forms of
Certificates under MI 52-109 Certification of Disclosure
in Issuers' Annual and Interim Filings |
December 16, 2005 |
Assists certifying officers in
determining what form of certificate is required under MI
52-109 for various financial years and interim periods. |
52-312 |
CSA Staff Notice |
Audit Committee
Compliance Review |
January 13, 2006 |
Outlines the results of CSA
staff review of compliance with MI 52-110 Audit
Committees. |
53-301 |
CSA Staff Notice |
The Toronto Stock Exchange Committee on Corporate Disclosure - Final Report; CSA Task Force on Civil Remedies. |
Sept 12, 1997. |
|
53-302 |
CSA Notice |
Proposal for a Statutory Civil Remedy for Investors in the Secondary Market and Response to the Proposed Change to the Definitions of "Material Fact" and "Material Change" |
Nov 3, 2000 |
Outlines proposed new legislation to create a statutory civil remedy for investors in the secondary market. |
54-301 |
CSA Staff Notice |
Frequently
Asked Questions about National Instrument 54-101
Communication with Beneficial Owners of Securities of a
Reporting Issuer |
April 4, 2003 |
Provides answers to frequently
asked questions about National Instrument 54-101
Communication with Beneficial Owners of Securities of a
Reporting Issuer |
55-308 |
CSA Staff Notice |
Questions on Insider
Reporting |
November 15, 2002 |
Provides questions and answers on insider reporting. |
55-310 |
CSA Staff Notice |
Questions
and Answers on SEDI |
April 11, 2003
Revised August 19, 2005 |
Provides questions and answers
on using SEDI |
55-311 |
CSA Notice |
System
for Electronic Disclosure by Insiders (SEDI) - Issuer
Profile Supplement Filing Requirement |
May 6, 2003 |
Gives notice, pursuant to new
Part 9 of NI 55-102, that SEDI issuers must file an issuer
profile supplement on SEDI by May 30, 2003. |
55-312 |
CSA Staff Notice |
Insider
Reporting Guidelines for Certain Derivative Transactions
(Equity Monetization) |
Feb 27, 2004 |
Provides guidance to insiders
on reporting of derivative-based transactions which are
commonly referred to as "equity monetization"
transactions. |
57-301 |
CSA Staff Notice |
Failing to File financial Statements on Time - Management Cease Trade Reports |
Mar 29, 2002 |
Describes the circumstances in which staff will consider granting a company's request for the issuance of a "management" cease trade order where the company is unable to file its financial statements on time. |
57-302 |
CSA Staff Notice |
Failure
to File Certificates under MLI 52-109 Certifications of
Disclosure in Issuers' Annual and Interim Filings |
Feb 27, 2004 |
Gives notice that failure to
file the certificates required by MLI 52-109 or filing
certificates that are not in proper form will be viewed by
staff as a serious breach of securities laws. |
57-303 |
CSA Staff Notice |
Frequently asked
questions regarding Management Cease Trade Orders issued as
a consequence of a failure to file financial statements |
April 29, 2005 |
|
58-302 |
CSA Staff Notice |
Implementation
of NP 58-201 Corporate Governance Guidelines and NI
58-101 Disclosure of Corporate Practices |
Jan 21, 2005 |
|
61-301 |
CSA Staff Notice |
Staff Guidance on the Practice of "Mini-Tenders" |
Dec 10, 1999. |
Sets out CSA staff's views on mini-tenders. |
61-302 |
CSA Staff Notice |
Prospectus Filing Matters - Arthur Andersen LLP Consent |
June 28, 2002 |
Provides guidance to former clients of Arthur Andersen LLP - Canada about financial statements audited by the firm that are included in prospectuses and other documents. |
62-303 |
CSA Staff Notice |
Identifying
the Offeror in a Take-over Bid |
August 8, 2003 |
Provides staff's views on who
is the offeror in a take-over bid when a company, income
trust or other entity uses an acquisition entity,
subsidiary or other affiliate to make the bid. |
62-304 |
CSA Staff Notice |
Conditions in financing
arrangements for take-over bids and issuer bids |
September 2, 2005 |
Sets out the CSA staff position
regarding acceptability of conditions in financing
arrangements for take-over bids and issuer bids. |
72-301 |
CSA Staff Notice |
Distributions Outside the Local Jurisdiction - Proposed National Instrument 72-101 |
March 15, 2002 |
Gives notice that the CSA will not be proceeding with Mutlilateral Instrument 72-101 Distributions Outside the Jurisdiction published on September 27, 2001. The initiative is being considered under the CSA Uniform Securities Legislation Project. |
81-304 |
CSA Staff Notice |
Trust Accounts for Mutual Fund Securities |
May 14, 1999. |
Assists dealers in complying with section 12 of National Policy 39 Mutual Funds, and sets out staff's views on the minimum internal controls appropriate to ensure dealers meet these requirements. |
81-305 |
CSA Staff Notice |
National Policy 12-201 Mutual Reliance Review System for Exemptive Relief Application ("ERA") - ERA and Applications for
Approvals or Exemptions under National Policy No. 39 "Mutual Funds". |
Nov 19, 1999. |
Communicates the view of CSA staff on how the MRRS for Exemptive Relief Applications relates to applications for approvals and exemptions made under National Policy 39 Mutual Funds. |
81-308 |
CSA Staff Notice |
Prospectus Filing Matters - Arthur Andersen LLP Consent |
June 28, 2002 |
Provides guidance to former clients of Arthur Andersen LLP - Canada about financial statements audited by the firm that are included in prospectuses and other documents. |
81-309 and 52-304 |
CSA Staff Notice |
Application of National Policy Statement 31 Change of Auditor of a Reporting Issuer and National Instrument 81-101 Mutual Funds when a reporting issuer appoints a new auditor as a result of
Arthur Anderson LLP - Canada ceasing to practise public accounting. |
August 9, 2002 |
Sets out staff's views on the application of
National Policy Statement 31 Change of Auditor of a Reporting Issuer and National Instrument 81-101 Mutual Funds when a reporting issuer appoints a new auditor as a result of
Arthur Anderson LLP - Canada ceasing to practise public accounting. |
81-310 |
CSA Staff Notice |
Frequently
Asked Questions on Fund of Fund Amendments |
August 20, 2004 |
|
81-313 |
CSA Staff Notice |
Status
of Proposed National Instrument 81-106 Investment Funds
Continuous Disclosure |
December 17, 2003 |
Gives information on the status
of NI 81-106 Investment Funds Continuous Disclosure
to assist investment funds in planning to comply with the
NI when it comes into force. |
81-314 |
CSA Staff Notice |
Removal of Foreign
Content Restrictions for Registered Plans - Eliminating
Indirect Foreign Content Exposure in Certain RSP Funds |
March 18, 2005 |
Sets out staff's initial
guidance in response to the 2005 federal budget proposal to
remove foreign content restrictions for registered plans. |
81-315 |
CSA Staff Notice |
Frequently Asked
Questions on NI 81-106 Investment Fund Continuous
Disclosure |
November 25, 2005 |
Sets out a list of frequently
asked questions on staff's response to those questions. |