Weekly Reports
Updates for the week ending February 22, 2002
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Policies & Instruments
- BC Notice 2002/12 - New Concepts for Securities Regulation
This BCN announces that the Commission is publishing for comment its concept paper New Concepts for Securities Regulation. The paper identifies existing rules that impose major regulatory burdens but that may not protect investors and markets as effectively as in the past. The paper also identifies areas where new rules may make sense.
The concepts in the paper are ideas for discussion, not proposals. The six main concepts are:
- Continuous Market Access System
- A Simpler Registration System
- A Better Mutual Funds Regime
- Trade Disclosure
- New Enforcement and Public Interest Powers
- New Civil Remedies for Investors
We invite you to write us about the concept paper. We will consider everything received by April 22, 2002. We will also conduct consultation sessions and focus groups with market participants across the country.
News & Events
- News Release 2002/17 - BCSC proposes scrapping prospectuses as part of regulatory overhaul
Decisions, Settlements, Hearings, and Temporary Orders
- Peter Hans Simon, et. al. - Notice of Hearing
- Mercury Partners & Company Inc., et al - Hearing Notice
- Carey Brian Dennis - Hearing Adjournment
Cease Trade Orders & Revocations
Search for cease trade orders and revocations using Market Regulation Services National CTO database (link no longer operational).
- Nord Pacific Limited - Cease Trade Order under Section 164
- Global Consumer Technologies Inc. - Revocation Order under Section 171
- American Technology Exploration Corporation, et. al. - Revocation Order under Section 171
- Meadowvale Gardens Apartment Project - Phase I - Variation Order under Section 171
- Life Medical Corporation - Cease Trade Order under Section 164
- Cambridge Environmental Systems Inc. - Cease Trade Order under Section 164
- Explorers Alliance Corporation - Cease Trade Order under Section 164
- Canada 3000 Inc. - Cease Trade Order under Section 164
- Gearunlimited.com Inc. - Cease Trade Order under Section 164
- Primenet Communications Inc. - Cease Trade Order under Section 164
Exemptions and MRRS Orders
Some discretionary and MRRS orders are located in the Temporary Orders section of Decisions & Orders