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Marijuana Legalization Would Be Tax Bonanza, Prof Says

Stodgy economists aren't the likeliest proponents of pot liberalization laws, but a University of Western Ontario professor says legalizing marijuana makes economic sense. In a...

Brokerage regulator looks to new challenges after IIROC

Susan Wolburgh Jenah is retiring as head of Canada’s brokerage industry regulator, saying she wants to tackle new goals after spending eight years as...

B.C. regulators eye green light for equity crowdfunding

Funding structure billed as ‘starter kit’ for small business, but some fear it opens door to fraud Last week, the B.C. Securities Commission posted for...

Bill would ease rules for taking some land out of B.C.’s Agricultural Land Reserve (with video)

The B.C. government will relax rules for farmland in the Interior and North under changes to the Agricultural Land Commission introduced in the legislature...

Insurance agent qualification deal with Quebec regulator will kill jobs, increase costs

A deal seen as appeasing Quebec by handing its financial regulator a key contract to license and educate life insurance agents across the country...