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The Canadian Securities Administrators have published their 2016 Enforcement Report (Report) describing the securities law enforcement process and analyzing enforcement results from 2016. The Report discusses a variety of enforcement matters, including number and type of proceedings commenced and results of enforcement proceedings.

A subset of the Report’s findings include:

  • There were 109 enforcement matters

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The enforcement efforts of the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC), the regulator that administers and enforces compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act (Ontario) and the Commodity Futures Act (Ontario), have had mixed success— at best. With a mandate to protect investors and ensure fair and efficient capital markets through monitoring compliance and enforcement measures…