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CSA Announces Pause on Climate-Related and Diversity-Related Disclosure Projects in Response to Global Market Uncertainty

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The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) has announced a pause to its work on developing new mandatory climate-related disclosures and amending diversity-related disclosure requirements, in light of recent significant...more

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Disclosure Interrupted: CSA Pauses Climate and Diversity Disclosure Rules

The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) is pausing its work on climate-related and diversity-related disclosure rules in order “to support Canadian markets and issuers as they adapt to the recent developments in the U.S....more

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ISS and Glass Lewis 2025 Canadian Benchmark Policy Guidelines

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Institutional Shareholder Services (“ISS”) and Glass Lewis have published their Canadian benchmark policy guidelines for the 2025 proxy season. Key updates focus on the board’s oversight of artificial intelligence (“AI”),...more

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Governance Insights: 10 Legal Updates GCs, Boards and Investors Need to Know

The latest edition of Davies’ Governance Insights is now available. In this issue, we review 10 developments that general counsel and directors of Canadian public companies, and their investors, should know for 2025 and...more

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2025 Proxy Advisory Firm Voting Guidelines: Canadian Highlights

In preparation for the upcoming 2025 proxy season, issuers should familiarize themselves with the updated Canadian proxy voting guidelines recently published by Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS) and Glass, Lewis &...more

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ISS Updates 2025 Proxy Voting Guidelines

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Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) has released updates to its Canadian proxy voting guidelines for the 2025 proxy season. The ISS updates are effective for shareholder meetings occurring on or after February 1, 2025....more

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Canadian Securities Administrators Publish Tenth Report Regarding Women on Boards and in Executive Officer Positions

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The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) recently published its 10th annual Review of Disclosure Regarding Women on Boards and in Executive Officer Positions (Year 10 Report) (the Review). The Review outlines the CSA's...more

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Women on Boards: CSA Reports Marginal Progress and Some Setbacks

According to a recent Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) report, gender diversity on boards is improving but continues to face hurdles. For the 10th year in a row, the proportion of board seats women hold at public...more

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Modification possible des exigences de la LCSA en matière de divulgation de renseignements sur la diversité

Depuis le 1er janvier 2020, les sociétés ayant fait appel au public (en général, les sociétés ouvertes) régies par la Loi canadienne sur les sociétés par actions (la « LCSA ») sont tenues de fournir des renseignements sur la...more

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Diversity Disclosure Requirements for CBCA Public Companies Potentially Changing

Since January 1, 2020, distributing corporations (generally, public companies) governed by the Canada Business Corporations Act (CBCA) have been required to provide diversity disclosures regarding “designated groups,” as...more

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ISS and Glass Lewis Update 2024 Proxy Voting Guidelines

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Glass, Lewis & Co (Glass Lewis) and Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) have each released updates to their Canadian proxy voting guidelines for the 2024 proxy season. The Glass Lewis updates apply to shareholder...more

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CSA Proposes to Expand Diversity Disclosure

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The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) are currently seeking public comment on proposed amendments and changes to the disclosure requirements for reporting issuers not listed on the TSX Venture Exchange or the Canadian...more

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Les ACVM présentent des changements possibles aux obligations d’information sur la diversité

Dans un nouvel avis, les Autorités canadiennes en valeurs mobilières (les « ACVM ») proposent de modifier le régime de présentation de l’information « se conformer ou s’expliquer » en ce qui a trait à la diversité au sein des...more

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CSA Discloses Diversity of Potential Changes to Diversity Disclosures

In a new notice, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) proposes to update the “comply or explain” disclosure regime concerning diversity on boards of directors and in executive officer positions at public companies in...more

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ACVM : La représentation des femmes au sein des conseils d’administration continue de progresser

Selon les Autorités canadiennes en valeurs mobilières (les « ACVM »), la proportion de femmes siégeant au conseil d’administration de sociétés ouvertes canadiennes a continué d’augmenter, pour la 8e année consécutive....more

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Canadian Securities Administrators Publish Eighth Report Regarding Women on Boards and in Executive Officer Positions

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The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) recently published its eighth annual Review of Disclosure Regarding Women on Boards and in Executive Officer Positions (Year 8 Report) (the Review). The Review outlines the CSA's...more

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CSA Reports Further Progress on Advancement of Women on Boards

According to the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA), the proportion of board seats held by women at Canadian public companies has incrementally increased again, for the eighth year in a row. However, the advancement of...more

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Le saviez-vous? Dix faits amusants liés au droit des valeurs mobilières

Bien que les faits amusants qui suivent concernant le droit des valeurs mobilières ne soient peut-être pas de ceux que l’on serait impatient de raconter (ou d’entendre) lors d’un dîner (vous vous souvenez de ce genre...more

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Did You Know? Ten Securities Law Fun Facts

While these fun facts may not be the ones anyone would look forward to bringing up (or hearing) at a dinner party (remember those?), the following facts about securities law may include some you did not know (or remember)....more

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Représentation des femmes au sein des conseils d’administration : les ACVM notent une lente progression et fournissent de...

Bien que certains progrès se soient réalisés au chapitre de la diversité des genres dans les conseils d’administration et les postes de haute direction de sociétés ouvertes canadiennes, ces progrès s’accomplissent lentement....more

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Représentation féminine dans les conseils d’administration : la pression monte sur les sociétés canadiennes

Les sociétés canadiennes subissent de plus en plus de pression pour augmenter le nombre de femmes dans leur conseil d’administration et leur équipe de haute direction. Il semblerait, en fait, que les sociétés dont le conseil...more

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CSA Reports Slow but Continuing Progress on Gender Diversity in the Boardroom and Provides New Guidance on Gender Diversity...

While some progress is being made in adding gender diversity to boards and executive officer positions of Canadian public companies, progress remains slow, as found by the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) in their...more

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CSA Publishes New Guidance on Disclosure of Women on Boards and in Executive Officer Positions

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The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) has published the seventh annual Review of Disclosure Regarding Women on Boards and in Executive Officer Positions. The participating jurisdictions from the previous...more

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Pressure Building on Canadian Companies to Increase Female Representation on Boards

Canadian companies are facing growing pressure to increase the representation of women on their boards and in executive officer positions. There is evidence that suggests that companies with a greater balance of women on...more

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ISS Proposes 2022 Benchmark Updates for Say on Climate, Gender Diversity and Say on Pay

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Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) has released proposed updates for comment to certain of its Canadian benchmark proxy voting policies (each, a Proposed Policy) for the 2022 proxy season. The Proposed Policies are open...more

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