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Concept of carbon offsets

Vital role for regulators in carbon market

Editorial: Given the importance of shifting to more sustainable economic growth, regulators have a duty to make carbon markets work

  • By: IE Staff
  • November 21, 2022 November 21, 2022
  • 00:06
Queen's park in Toronto

Toronto chooses more of the same

Only 29% of eligible voters cast ballots in the municipal election

Bitcoin with increasingly negative financial data

Crypto proving to be an expensive headache

Editorial: The fledgling sector is sucking up a disproportionate share of investors’ attention and regulators’ resources

  • By: IE Staff
  • October 31, 2022 October 31, 2022
  • 00:15
Quebec parliament

Legault wins, without Montreal

Premier accused Montrealers of looking down on people in the Quebec City-Lévis region

Province House, Nova Scotia Legislature Building

New Crown corporations to promote infrastructure, business

Build Nova Scotia and Invest Nova Scotia will replace five existing agencies

a woman entering a door of unknown mystery

New SRO has much to prove

Editorial: Regulatory secrecy prevented public scrutiny of the planned transformation — including concessions made to dealers to earn support for the merger

  • By: IE Staff
  • October 3, 2022 September 30, 2022
  • 09:00
The legislature in Ontario

New credential a death knell for Ontario’s title reform

Editorial: Many of the people who called themselves financial advisors in Ontario in 2015 can still do so today with minimal effort

  • By: IE Staff
  • September 19, 2022 September 19, 2022
  • 00:02
The legislature in Alberta

Alberta’s “sovereignty act” election

Next year's vote may hinge on controversial legislation that has been called "nuts" - and worse

Business People Meeting Discussion in a boardroom concept

Expert committees not the solution to a broken regulatory process

Editorial: Any mechanism that cedes more policy control to the industry risks allowing regulation to be used as a competitive weapon

  • By: IE Staff
  • August 29, 2022 September 6, 2022
  • 00:13
Aerial panoramic view of a residential neighborhood near Guildford Centre Mall during a sunny morning. Taken in Surrey, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Surrey’s police drama

Surrey is in the midst of replacing the RCMP with its own police service, built from scratch, despite strong local opposition

teamwork

Hard work for new SRO is just beginning

Editorial: If the merger results in a more robust, investor-focused SRO, then short-term distractions can be forgiven

  • By: IE Staff
  • June 13, 2022 September 6, 2022
  • 00:02

A premiership marred by strife

Whoever replaces Jason Kenney as UCP leader will face challenges from within the party — and from without

stack of files

Is that all for capital markets modernization?

Editorial: Task force’s work looks destined to suffer the fate of other policy reviews — gathering dust on some bureaucrat’s shelf

  • By: IE Staff
  • May 16, 2022 May 13, 2022
  • 00:02

Legault may benefit from Montreal vote-splitting en route to re-election

Anglophone rights could be a major issue in certain regions

parliament hill

Chrystia Freeland sets out Canada’s narrative in 2022 budget

The feds added $31 billion in new spending, but promised to find savings in next five years

gavel

Bridging Finance saga risks eroding investor trust — again

Editorial: With investors facing more than $1 billion in losses from the collapse of asset manager Bridging Finance Inc., the Street has some explaining to…

  • By: IE Staff
  • April 19, 2022 April 18, 2022
  • 00:19
climate change

Regulators must act now to forestall climate disaster

Editorial: Financial regulation can play a significant role in mitigating climate change

  • By: IE Staff
  • March 21, 2022 March 20, 2022
  • 00:08
Alberta flag

Alberta’s rollercoaster within a rollercoaster

The premier is under attack despite a booming economy and a healthy budget

Halifax housing market

Halifax’s housing market heats up

Buyers from expensive markets are drawn by the city’s lower prices and laid-back lifestyle

Man walks the ladder of success and reaches the top

Insurance regulators step up on DSCs

Editorial: Closing the gap between insurance and securities rules removes a tangible risk for clients

  • By: IE Staff
  • February 14, 2022 February 18, 2022
  • 09:12
Driftwood on beach on Nanaimo Vancouver island British Columbia Canada

Lessons learned after the B.C. floods

There’s more to the recent disaster in southwestern B.C. than nature gone wild. People played a major role

  • By: Brian Lewis
  • January 24, 2022 January 24, 2022
  • 00:08
Compliance Legal Rule Compliancy Conformity Concept

Top priority for regulators should be SRO reform

Editorial: Now, they need to ensure it’s done right.

  • By: IE Staff
  • January 24, 2022 January 24, 2022
  • 00:05
Toronto PATH sign

A light at the end of the PATH?

Business is improving in Toronto’s underground mall system, but lags street-level activity

investor protection

Political interference cost retail investors dearly

Editorial: Decisions to preserve embedded compensation structures were shaped by ideology and self-interest rather than sound public policy

  • By: IE Staff
  • December 13, 2021 December 10, 2021
  • 00:06
Montreal city hall at night during the holidays

Voters stick with Valérie Plante as mayor

Denis Coderre’s “Rocky”-style comeback attempt fails to unseat the incumbent