OSC Announces Continuous Disclosure Advisory Committee Members

TORONTO – The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) announced today the new membership of its Continuous Disclosure Advisory Committee (CDAC). 

The CDAC advises OSC staff on the planning, implementation and communication of its continuous disclosure review program, as well as related policy initiatives. The CDAC also serves as a forum to advise OSC staff on emerging issues. OSC staff recognize the critical importance of consulting with market participants and other stakeholders in carrying out its mandate.

The CDAC will meet on an as needed basis with members serving a two-year term.  Effective immediately, the members are:

Tracie Allan	Sun Life Financial
Josie Caldas	Royal Bank of Canada
Valerie Douville	TMX Group Ltd.
Lucy Durocher	PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Wendi Locke	McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Vaughn MacLellan	DLA Piper (Canada) LLP
Catherine McCall	Canadian Coalition for Good Governance
Matthew Merkley	Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Martha Moen	Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.
Sean Musselman	Ernst & Young LLP
Philip Panet	West Face Capital Inc.
Anthony Scilipoti	Veritas Investment Research Corporation
Alyson Slater	Global Risk Institute in Financial Services
Julia Suk	Deloitte LLP
Kevin Thomas	Shareholder Association for Research & Education
Robin Upshall	Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP

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 http://www.osc.ca.

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