Ontario Securities Commission Announces Agenda For Roundtable On Proposed Whistleblower Program

The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) today announced the final agenda, discussion topics and list of panellists for the roundtable on June 9, 2015 to discuss the issues outlined in OSC Staff Consultation Paper 15-401. The Consultation Paper proposed a new whistleblower program to encourage the reporting of serious misconduct of Ontario securities law to the OSC.

The OSC roundtable will take place from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on the 22nd floor of the Commission’s offices, located at 20 Queen Street West in Toronto, Ontario.

Interested parties who wish to attend the event are asked to send an email with full contact information to sdmello@osc.gov.on.ca to register as space is limited.

Media interested in attending the roundtable should contact media_inquiries@osc.gov.on.ca to register.

The agenda and schedule of panel participants is as follows:

Agenda

Time	Topic	Panelists
8.30 – 9.00 a.m.	Arrival/Check-in
9.00 – 9.15 a.m.	Introduction and Opening Remarks	Mary Condon (OSC Commissioner)
9.15 – 10.00 a.m.	Topic 1: Effectiveness of Whistleblower Programs	Mary Condon (OSC Commissioner) Marian Passmore (Canadian Foundation for Advancement of Investor Rights) John Pecman (Competition Bureau) Dimitri Lascaris (Siskinds LLP) Jane Norberg (U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission)
10.00 – 10.45 a.m.	Topic 2: Whistleblower Protections - Anti-Retaliation Measures and Whistleblower Confidentiality	Alan Lenczner (OSC Commissioner) Connie Craddock (OSC Investor Advisory Panel) Daniel Pugen (McCarthy Tétrault) David Hausman (Fasken Martineau) Jordan Thomas (Labaton Sucharow LLP)
10.45 – 11.00 a.m.	Break
11.00 – 11.45 a.m.	Topic 3: Impact of an OSC Whistleblower Program on Internal Compliance Systems	Tim Moseley (OSC Commissioner) Megan Telford (TD Bank Group) Sheila A. Murray (CI Financial Corp.) Linda Fuerst (Lenczner Slaght) Christine Wiedman (University of Waterloo)

11.45 – 12.00 p.m. Closing