CALGARY,
AB, June 21, 2024 /CNW/ - Today the Alberta
Securities Commission (ASC), the Autorité des marchés financiers
(AMF), the B.C. Securities Commission (BCSC) and the Ontario
Securities Commission (OSC) are acknowledging World Whistleblower
Day, June 23, which is an occasion to
commend whistleblowers who take action to expose misconduct,
illegal practices and unethical behaviours. Collectively, we
recognize the valuable public service that whistleblowers provide
when they share information about securities misconduct within a
company that would otherwise be difficult to detect.
"We are grateful to the individuals who have exposed misconduct
so that it can be investigated and stopped," said Stan Magidson, Canadian Securities
Administrators (CSA) Chair and Chair and CEO of the ASC. "We
work to promote fair and efficient capital markets and protect
investors. To that end, we stand for an environment where integrity
and accountability are valued and wrongdoing is not tolerated.
"On behalf of the CSA and the individual jurisdictions, we thank
all whistleblowers for their help to protect Canadians."
Additional information about each jurisdictions' whistleblower
program is available at the following links:
- Alberta Securities Commission Office of the Whistleblower
- Autorité des marchés financiers Whistleblower Program
- B.C. Securities Commission Whistleblower Program
- Ontario Securities Commission Whistleblower Program
Alberta Securities Commission
The ASC is the regulatory agency responsible for administering
the province's securities laws. It is entrusted with fostering a
fair and efficient capital market in Alberta and with protecting investors. As a
member of the Canadian Securities Administrators, the ASC works to
improve, coordinate and harmonize the regulation of Canada's capital markets.
Autorité des marchés financiers
In its role as regulator, the AMF works to maintain a financial
sector that is dynamic, operates with integrity and warrants public
trust. It regulates, in whole or in part, activities in the
following sectors: insurance, securities and derivatives,
distribution of financial products and services, deposit
institutions, mortgage brokerage and credit assessment.
B.C. Securities Commission
The B.C. Securities Commission, an independent provincial
government agency, strives to make the investment market benefit
the public. We set rules, monitor compliance by industry, take
action against misconduct, and provide guidance to investors and
industry. As guardians of B.C.'s investment market, we're committed
to maintaining a market that is honest, fair, competitive and
dynamic, enabling British Columbians to thrive.
Ontario Securities Commission
The mandate of the OSC is to provide protection to investors
from unfair, improper or fraudulent practices, to foster fair,
efficient and competitive capital markets, and confidence in the
capital markets, to foster capital formation, and to contribute to
the stability of the financial system and the reduction of systemic
risk. Investors are urged to check the registration of any persons
or company offering an investment opportunity and to review the OSC
investor materials available at https://www.osc.ca.
For investor inquiries, please contact
your local securities
regulator.
For Media Inquiries:
Tanja McMorris
Alberta Securities Commission
media@asc.ca
Sylvain Théberge
Autorité des marchés financiers
sylvain.theberge@lautorite.qc.ca
Brian Kladko
British Columbia Securities Commission
mediainquiries@bcsc.bc.ca
Andy McNair-West
Ontario Securities Commission (OSC)
Media_inquiries@osc.gov.on.ca
SOURCE Canadian Securities Administrators