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OSC Burden Reduction Initiative – Focusing on ‘Principles’ for more responsive and effective regulation

The Ontario Securities Commission’s Burden Reduction Initiative emphasizes the centrality of a risk and principle-based focus to effective...

OSC Burden Reduction Initiative – Revisiting the 2003 Regulatory Burden Task Force

As the OSC continues to embark on its Burden Reduction Initiative, we think it is a worthwhile exercise to look back at the Commission’s 2003...

OSC Burden Reduction Initiative – Rules-based versus principle-based regulation

As the Ontario Securities Commission (“OSC”) considers how best to implement its burden reduction initiative, there has been significant...

The wind blows another way for renewable energy in Ontario

On May 31, 2019, the Government of Ontario published two regulations under the Planning Act and Environmental Protection Act.