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(August 21, 2008) Clients who have children heading off to college or university this fall might be wise to remember that these kids won’t be students forever. For those heading out on their own for the first time, it may be too easy to damage their credit rating, and as potential clients, an advisor should […]

By Staff |August 21, 2008

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Feds can charge environmental offenders

The Government of Canada may use its power over criminal law to enforce limits on greenhouse gas emission, according to an authority on constitutional law. Peter Hogg, professor emeritus at Osgoode Hall Law School and scholar in residence at Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, argues in a new report, released by the C.D. Howe Institute, […]

By Romana King |August 21, 2008

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Reciprocal orders on the rise

Advisors who are banned by their securities commission better not think about setting up shop somewhere else, as the number of reciprocal orders has shot up over the past year. Since 2006, securities commissions across the country have been using reciprocal orders in order to sanction people in one province after they were sanctioned in […]

By Bryan Borzykowski |August 21, 2008

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(August 20, 2008) It looks like the asset-backed commercial paper saga is set to continue, as Ivanhoe Mines plans to appeal an Ontario court’s decision to allow a plan that would turn $32 billion of frozen paper to longer-term notes. Under the plan, affected companies like Ivanhoe, which held $70.7 million in ABCP, cannot sue […]

By Staff |August 20, 2008

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