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Rethinking Enforcement And Litigation In Ontario Securities Regulation, Mary Condon
Rethinking Enforcement And Litigation In Ontario Securities Regulation, Mary Condon
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The Ontario government has recently made changes to provincial securities law that are aimed at more effective enforcement. For example, statutory civil remedies are now available to investors in actions involving misrepresentation or inadequate disclosure in the secondary market. A broader range of sanctioning options has also been made available to the Ontario Securities Commission.
The author explores the factors contributing to these developments, identifies recent controversies surrounding the Commission's enforcement activities, and evaluates the effectiveness of different approaches to enforcement. The author reviews policy issues surrounding enforcement through public, criminal and quasi-criminal sanctions, as well as civil remedies, and …
Connecting Economy, Gender, And Citizenship, Mary G. Condon, Lisa C. Philipps
Connecting Economy, Gender, And Citizenship, Mary G. Condon, Lisa C. Philipps
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This chapter explores emerging discourses of economic citizenship and con- siders how they might illuminate developments in taxation and securities law and policy. In previous work, we have discussed how different fields of business and commercial law help to construct and regulate a gendered and classed economic order (Condon 2000, 2001, 2002; Philipps 1996, 2002, 2003). Here we draw upon theories of citizenship as a possible source of new insights about the formation and governance of an increasingly market- oriented social order and law’s role in that process. First, we focus on the significant theoretical challenges posed by emergent notions …