Canadian Securities Regulators announce extension of comment period on ABCP Consultation Paper

CSA Securities

Toronto – The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) has extended to February 16, 2009, the public comment period for its consultation paper outlining securities regulatory proposals related to the Canadian non-bank sponsored asset-backed commercial paper (ABCP) market. The consultation paper entitled Securities Regulatory Proposals Stemming from the 2007-08 Credit Market Turmoil and its Effect on the ABCP Market in Canada was published on October 6, 2008 with a comment period to end on December 20, 2008. The CSA made the extension at the request of constituents.

The Consultation Paper is available on the websites of various CSA members.

The CSA, the council of the securities regulators of Canada’s provinces and territories, co-ordinates and harmonizes regulation for the Canadian capital markets.

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Renseignements :

Membres des ACVM

Personne ressource

Numéro de téléphone

Autorité des marchés financiers

Sylvain Théberge

514 940-2176

Alberta Securities Commission

Mark Dickey

403 297-4481

British Columbia Securities Commission

Ken Gracey

604 899-6577

Commission des valeurs mobilières de l’Ontario

Laurie Gillett

416 595-8913

Commission des valeurs mobilières du Manitoba

Ainsley Cunningham

204 945-4733

Commission des valeurs mobilières, Nouveau-Brunswick

Wendy Connors-Beckett

506 643-7745

Department of the Attorney General, Île-du-Prince-Édouard

Marc Gallant

902 368-4552

Financial Services Regulation Division, Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador

Doug Connolly

709 729-2594

Nova Scotia Securities Commission

Natalie MacLellan

902 424-8586

Registraire des valeurs mobilières, Nunavut

Louis Arki

867 975-6587

Registraire des valeurs mobilières, Territoire du Nord-Ouest

Donn MacDougall

867 920-8984

Registraire des valeurs mobilières, Yukon

Fred Pretorius

867 667-5225

Saskatchewan Financial Services Commission

Barbara Shourounis

306 787-5842