Opinion
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Cabinetry in Our Time: Everything and the Kitchen Sink
Choosing a cabinet is one of the hardest tasks that faces any Prime Minister. One early Canadian Prime Minister facing the inevitable second guessing about ... Read more
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Capital Markets Modernization in Ontario – Are We There Yet?
As part of its Capital Markets Modernization Review, and as promised in its 2021 Budget, the Government of Ontario has released a consultation draft of ... Read more
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“An election takes the country’s temperature”: in Election 2021, Canada remains “a hotbed of cold feet”
At Campbell Strategies we don’t compete with the newspapers to provide you with statistics . We strive to provide perspective and broad context for outcomes you ... Read more
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Final Open Banking Report Released – Will the Right Balance be Struck?
In 2018, the Federal Government launched an Advisory Committee on Open Banking. The Committee’s Final Report has been released, recommending that the government move quickly to create ... Read more
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Regulatory Streamlining Announced for Investment Fund Dealers and Mutual Fund Dealers
The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) has announced plans to merge the existing two parallel (and somewhat duplicative) regulatory frameworks of the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada ... Read more
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Why Central Banks Will Crush Bitcoin
Read Barry Campbell in the Globe and Mail on why central banks will crush bitcoin (text below) A bit of history is the best guide to what ... Read more
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Mary Simon is Canada’s First Indigenous Governor General
Campbell Strategies extends our warmest congratulations to Mary Simon, Canada’s new Governor General. She is the first Indigenous person to serve in this position. My ... Read more
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Budget 2021 Billion or Billions: Go Big Or Go Home
If you are really lucky as a Finance Minister, you get three Budgets (during your government’s usual 4 year term). The first isn’t really yours, ... Read more
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Crypto phishing-regulators launch catch & release framework
Increasing concern about unregulated trading in cryptocurrencies has led Canada’s security administrators (the “CSA”) to take steps to regulate the burgeoning crypto market. All platforms that ... Read more