The Ontario Securities Commission today published notice of OSC Rule 21-501, which is intended to extend the current exemption for government debt securities from the transparency requirements found in section 8.1 of NI 21-101 until December 31, 2014. The new rule is expected to come into force on December 31, 2011 and replace the current exemption found in section 8.6 of NI 21-101, which expires at the end of the year.

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