Research Topic 1: The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) and Canada’s Quest for a Single National Securities Regulator.
Suggested Approach
Attached are all the necessary resources to complete the task.
1. Briefly summarize the CSA’s mission, structure, activities, successes, and challenges.
(Sources: Introduction to the Canadian Securities Administrators, the CSA’s Memorandum of Understanding; CSA Annual Activities Report, etc.)
2. Summarize Federal government (Finance Minister) effort to create a single national securities regulator.
3. Read the Executive Summary, Chapter 1 (The role of the commission in Capital Market regulation), and chapter 3 of the report (i.e. Securities Regulation – Only Part of the Capital Market). The Executive Summary identifies five themes which are subsequently discussed throughout the report. Cecile Carpentier and Jean-Marc Suret counter the Five Year Review Committee’s recommendations in a 2003 paper published in the Canadian Public Policy journal.
4. Read the Carpentier & Suret paper.
5. Summarize the Committee’s key argument on each theme in favour of a single national regulator, followed immediately by a summary of CM’s key counter argument on the theme against s single national regulator.
6. Read other material related to this issue. You can expand your research beyond material posted in the Research folder for this topic on Blackboard.
7. Conclude the paper with your personal informed assessment of Canada’s need for a single national securities regulator based on information discussed in your paper.
Guidelines for Research Paper
• Content of Paper: Keep your paper concise and focused. Avoid lengthy discussion of particular issues.
• Length of Paper: 5 - 8 pages. Format in Microsoft Word; 12-point font in Times New Roman; 1.5 line spacing. Use spacing for paragraphs. Use paragraphs carefully to introduce new issues.

Research Topic 1: The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) and...