The Ontario Securities Commission today announced the new membership of the Continuous Disclosure Advisory Committee for 2006-2008. “The CDAC is composed of members from a variety of industry sectors and provides consultation to OSC staff on the development, implementation and review of continuous disclosure policies and practices. The committee meets on average five times a year,” the OSC said in a release.


Effective immediately, the new members are:

Frank Allen, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP;
Len Boggio, PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP;
Mary Condon, Osgoode Hall Law School;
Elizabeth DelBianco, Celestica Inc.;
Shantha Fernando, National Steel Car Ltd.;
Eleanor Fritz, TSX Group;
Barry Hildred, The Equicom Group Inc.;
John Hughes (Chair), Ontario Securities Commission;
Guy Jones, Ernst & Young;
Ken Kivenko, Investor;
Bill Mackenzie, ISS Canada Corp.;
Karen McCarthy, Royal Bank of Canada;
Paul Schneider, Canadian Coalition for Good Governance;
Jonathan Sherman, Imperial Capital Corp.;
Bob Tait, Canadian Investor Relations Institute;
Michael Vels, Maple Leaf Foods Inc.;
Dawn Whittaker, Ogilvy Renault LLP;
Michael Woollcombe, Voorheis & Co. LLP;

The OSC frequently establishes committees to provide input on important securities regulation issues and maintain effective communications with industry stakeholders.