This week, two developments signaled a renewed push to modernize Canada's capital markets regulatory framework and strengthen Canada's competitiveness as a target for investment and capital formation.
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The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) today published a consultation paper (the Consultation Paper) seeking stakeholder input on potential ways to modernize securities legislation for public companies.
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Wednesday's move ends the largest province's push for a national securities regulator – a matter of disagreement going back more than two decades.
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Researchers say mandatory corporate reporting would kick-start non-U.S. investment
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On June 25, 2026, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) published final amendments to National Instrument 51-102 – Continuous Disclosure Obligations (NI 51-102) and National Instrument 54-101 – Communication with Beneficial Owners of Securities of a Reporting Issuer (NI 54-101), together with related companion policy changes (the Final Amendments). The Final Amendments implement a voluntary “access equals delivery” model (the AED Model) for annual financial statements, interim financial reports, and related Management’s Discussion and Analysis (MD&A) of non-investment fund reporting issuers.
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More firms are trying to turn the staid earnings call into an elaborate production to drive engagement. Does it attract or turn off investors?
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On June 25, 2026, the Canadian Securities Administrators (the CSA) published final amendments to National Instrument 51-102 – Continuous Disclosure Obligations and National Instrument 54-101 – Communication with Beneficial Owners of Securities of a Reporting Issuer and their related companion policies to implement an optional alternative model for the delivery of certain continuous disclosure documents by non-investment fund reporting issuers.
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On June 25, 2026, the Canadian Securities Administrators published a Notice of Amendments and Changes to implement a new electronic access model for certain continuous disclosure documents of non-investment fund reporting issuers (the new access model). The new access model is expected to come into force on September 22, 2026.
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Investors view quarterly reporting as essential to transparency and efficient markets in an era of artificial intelligence.
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