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OSC to hold round table on whistleblower paper June 9

2015-05-29 11:27 ET - News Release

An anonymous director reports

MEDIA RELEASE - OSC ANNOUNCES AGENDA FOR ROUNDTABLE ON PROPOSED WHISTLEBLOWER PROGRAM

The Ontario Securities Commission has released the final agenda, discussion topics and list of panellists for the round table on June 9, 2015, to discuss the issues outlined in OSC staff consultation paper 15-401. The consultation paper proposed a new whistleblower program to encourage the reporting of serious misconduct of Ontario securities law to the OSC.

The OSC round table will take place from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. on the 22nd floor of the commission's offices, located at 20 Queen St. West in Toronto, Ont.

Interested parties who wish to attend the event are asked to send an e-mail with full contact information to register as space is limited.

Media interested in attending the round table should contact the OSC to register.

The agenda and schedule of panel participants are shown in the associated table.

                             ROUND TABLE AGENDA
Agenda
time                                      Topic                  Panellists

                                       arrival/
8:30 -- 9 a.m.                         check-in
                               introduction and                 Mary Condon
9 -- 9:15 a.m.                  opening remarks          (OSC commissioner)
                                                                Mary Condon
                                                        (OSC commissioner),
                                                            Marian Passmore
                                                       (Canadian Foundation
                                                         for Advancement of
                                                          Investor Rights),
                                                                John Pecman
                                                      (Competition Bureau),
                                                           Dimitri Lascaris
                                                            (Siskinds LLP),
                                       topic 1:                Jane Norberg
                               effectiveness of        (U.S. Securities and
9:15 -- 10 a.m.          whistleblower programs        Exchange Commission)
                                                              Alan Lenczner
                                                        (OSC Commissioner),
                                                            Connie Craddock
                                                              (OSC investor
                                                           advisory panel),
                                                               Daniel Pugen
                                       topic 2:        (McCarthy Tetrault),
                                  whistleblower               David Hausman
                                 protections --         (Fasken Martineau),
                      anti-retaliation measures               Jordan Thomas
                              and whistleblower      (Labaton Sucharow LLP)
10 -- 10:45 a.m.                confidentiality
10:45 -- 11 a.m.                          break
                                                                Tim Moseley
                                                        (OSC commissioner),
                                                              Megan Telford
                                                           (TD Bank Group),
                                                           Sheila A. Murray
                                       topic 3:       (CI Financial Corp.),
                                   impact of an                Linda Fuerst
                              OSC whistleblower          (Lenczner Slaght),
                            program on internal           Christine Wiedman
11 -- 11:45 a.m.             compliance systems    (University of Waterloo)
11:45 -- 12 p.m.                        closing

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