Canada's declining position in the Global Competitiveness Index, the lower productivity of Canadian companies compared to U.S. firms and the low ranking of Canadian companies in the Global Innovation Index, despite the strengths of our scientific community and the quality of its scientific...

Equity capital plays an important and growing role in connecting financial resources to investment opportunities in a highly productive manner. Exchange-listed companies, IPOs, venture capital and private equity are all complementary investment avenues. Each plays a vital role that allows...

On May 26, 2010, Canada's Minister of Finance tabled in the House of Commons a draft Securities Act. The purpose of the Act is to establish Federal government jurisdiction over securities legislation and create a Federal Securities Regulatory Authority.With this initiative, the Federal...

If regulators were to simply outright prohibit Canadians with low and middle incomes from seeking financial advice, it would obviously constitute a massive setback for individual wealth accumulation and, ultimately, for the economy. In Canada, after all, the well-being of a large proportion of...