Foreword
Peter W Hogg, QC
Introduction
Anita Anand
Part 1 The Securities Reference
Chapter 1 Twenty Years of Supreme Court Reference Decisions: Putting the Securities Reference Decision in Context
Poonam Puri
Chapter 2 More Questions than Answers: The Supreme Court of Canada’s Decision in the National Securities Reference
Michael J. Trebilcock
Chapter 3 Competition Policy, Efficacy, and the National Securities Reference
Edward M. Iacobucci
Part 2 Constitutional Considerations
Chapter 4 The General Trade and Commerce Power after the Securities Reference
Ian B. Lee
Chapter 5 Making Waves: The Supreme Court of Canada Confronts Stephen Harper’s Brand of Federalism
David Schneiderman
Chapter 6 Reference Re Securities Act: Comment on Lee and Schneiderman
Mahmud Jamal
Chapter 7 Can Canadian Federalism Be Relevant?
Lorne Sossin
Part 3 Regulatory Structure
Chapter 8 Assuring Independence and Expertise in Financial Services Law: Regulatory Oversight in Light of the Supreme Court of Canada Securities Reference Judgment
Janis Sarra
Chapter 9 A National Systemic Risk Clearinghouse?
Cristie Ford and Hardeep Gill
Chapter 10 Effectiveness, Accountability, and Bias: Some Concerns about a Quasi-National Securities Regulator
Andrew Green
Part 4 Moving Forward
Chapter 11 After the Reference: Regulating Systemic Risk in Canadian Financial Markets
Anita Anand
Chapter 12 A National Securities Commission? The Headless Horseman Rides Again
Jeffrey G. MacIntosh
Chapter 13 The Provinces’ Competence over Securities Regulation in Canada: Taking Stock of the Supreme Court’s Opinion
Stéphane Rousseau
Chapter 14 The Securities Reference: A Comment
Christopher C Nicholls
Afterword
Public Policy and Judicial Discourse: Observations on Dialogue with the Court through the Securities Reference Decision (2011)
Lawrence E. Ritchie