As noted in the Debt Management Strategy for 2014-15, the Government of Canada has been engaged in the assessment of potential benefits of issuing bonds with a maturity of 50 years.
The Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF), the British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC), the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) and the Bank of Canada have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to facilitate co-operation in carrying out their respective oversight responsibilities for financial market infrastructures (FMIs).
The Bank of Canada, on behalf of the Government of Canada, today announced the revised Terms and Conditions Governing the Morning Auction of Receiver General Cash Balances (the Terms) that will become effective 1 April 2014.
On September 5 2013, the Bank of Canada announced planned changes to concentration limits for private sector and municipal securities in relation to Assets Eligible as Collateral under the Bank of Canada’s Standing Liquidity Facility (SLF).
The Summary of Comments - 2014-15 Debt Management Strategy Consultations is being published in conjunction with the release of the government’s Debt Management Strategy for 2014-15.
The Bank of Canada, jointly with l'Autorité des marchés financiers (Quebec), British Columbia Securities Commission and Ontario Securities Commission, today published draft policy guidance related to the Bank’s risk management standards for designated Canadian financial market infrastructures (FMIs).