On November 5, 2015 securities regulatory authorities in Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia (Participating Jurisdictions) published in final form the long awaited crowdfunding regime: Multilateral Instrument 45-108 Crowdfunding (Crowdfunding Regime) which includes a crowdfunding prospectus exemption (Crowdfunding Exemption) and a registration framework for funding portals. The

On November 21, 2013, Canadian securities regulators in all jurisdictions except Ontario and Newfoundland published for comment CSA Notice 45-312, which outlines a draft prospectus exemption for distributions to existing security holders (the Proposed Exemption).  The Proposed Exemption would provide issuers listed on the TSX Venture Exchange (TSXV) the ability to