2023-06-01

Amendments to Policy Statement to Regulation 45-108 respecting Crowdfunding

The securities regulators amended the Policy Statement to Regulation 45-108 respecting Crowdfunding to align with the phased implementation of the System for Electronic Data Analysis and Retrieval Plus (SEDAR+). The revision mandates that all documents required or permitted to be provided to regulators, excluding those in Québec, must be transmitted electronically through SEDAR+. This update clarifies that the electronic filing requirement applies to all reports, forms, and notices, subject to specific exclusions outlined in the Appendix of Regulation 13-103.

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AMENDMENTS TO POLICY STATEMENT TO REGULATION 45-108 RESPECTING CROWDFUNDING

  1. Policy Statement to Regulation 45-108 respecting Crowdfunding is amended by inserting, in the preamble and after the paragraph titled “Multi-jurisdictional distributions”, the following: “Electronic transmission Regulation 13-103 respecting System for Electronic Data Analysis and Retrieval + (SEDAR+) (insert reference) prescribes that each document that is required or permitted to be provided to a regulator, except in Québec, or securities regulatory authority must be transmitted to the regulator, except in Québec, or securities regulatory authority electronically through the System for Electronic Data Analysis and Retrieval + (SEDAR+). The reference to a document includes any report, form, application, information, material and notice, as well as a copy thereof, and applies to documents that are required or permitted to be filed or deposited with, or delivered, furnished, sent, provided, submitted or otherwise transmitted to, a regulator, except in Québec, or securities regulatory authority. To reflect the phased implementation of SEDAR+, the Appendix of Regulation 13-103 respecting System for Electronic Data Analysis and Retrieval + (SEDAR+) sets out securities legislation under which documents are excluded from being filed or delivered in SEDAR+. Reference to Regulation 13-103 respecting System for Electronic Data Analysis and Retrieval + (SEDAR+) should be consulted when providing any document to a regulator, except in Québec, or securities regulatory authority under the Regulation and this Policy Statement.”.