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Comment Letters
September 30, 2016
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Tom Bradley (Steadyhand Investment Funds Inc.)
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September 30, 2016
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Dean Koeller (Private Mortgage Lenders Forum)
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September 30, 2016
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Linda Fuerst and Jeremy Devereux (Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP)
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September 30, 2016
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Ontario Mortgage Investment Companies Association
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September 30, 2016
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Andrew Teasdale
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September 30, 2016
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Mark Tiffin (Capital International Asset Management (Canada), Inc.)
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September 30, 2016
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Devon Cranson (Cranson Capital Securities Inc.)
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September 30, 2016
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Yasmin Lalani (Credential Financial Inc.)
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September 30, 2016
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Doug Guzman and Jennifer Tory (RBC Dominion Securities Inc., RBC Phillips, Hager & North Investment Counsel Inc., Royal Mutual Funds Inc., RBC Global Asset Management Inc., RBC Direct Investing Inc. and Phillips, Hager & North Investment Funds Ltd.)
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September 30, 2016
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Yvan-Pierre Grimard (Desjardins Group)
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September 30, 2016
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Brad Beuttenmiller (Franklin Templeton Investments Corp.)
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September 30, 2016
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Brian Lipskie (Rae & Lipskie Investment Counsel Inc.)
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September 30, 2016
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Bryan Hocking (Association of Canadian Pension Management)
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September 30, 2016
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Mark S. Yamada (PUR Investing Inc.)
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September 30, 2016
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Marc Flynn (Canadian Securities Institute)
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September 30, 2016
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Neville Joanes and Tea Nicola (WealthBar Financial Services)
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September 30, 2016
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Marie Elaine Farley (La Chambre de la sécurité financière)
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September 30, 2016
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Carol Lynd (Brandes Investment Partners & Co.)
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September 30, 2016
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Fabienne Lacoste (Gestion FÉRIQUE)
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September 30, 2016
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Peter Lewis (C.S.T. Consultants Inc.)
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September 30, 2016
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Joanne Hébert (Services Financiers Acadie)
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September 30, 2016
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Jim Boyle (Boyle & Co. LLP)
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September 30, 2016
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Mark Adams (AGF Investments Inc.)
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September 30, 2016
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Jean Carrier (PEAK Financial Group) - French
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September 30, 2016
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Daniel Labonté (MD Financial Management Inc.)
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September 30, 2016
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Michael A. Burns (Alternative Investment Management Association)
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September 30, 2016
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John A. Adams (Primerica Financial Services)
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September 30, 2016
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Mark Kent and Kenneth Parker (Portfolio Strategies Corporation)
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September 30, 2016
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Martin Gagnon (National Bank of Canada Wealth Management)
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September 30, 2016
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David Van de Sande
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September 30, 2016
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Dannielle H. MacDonald (Nicola Wealth Management Ltd.)
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September 30, 2016
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Jeffrey R. Carney (Investors Group)
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September 30, 2016
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Jean-Francois Robert
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September 30, 2016
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Francois Bruneau and Nathalie Girard (Groupe Cloutier Investissements Inc.) - French
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September 30, 2016
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Som Seif (Purpose Investments Inc.)
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September 30, 2016
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Paul D. Allison (Raymond James Ltd.)
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September 30, 2016
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Eric Adelson (Invesco Canada Ltd.)
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September 30, 2016
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Glen Gowland (Scotia Capital Inc., Scotia Securities Inc. and HollisWealth Advisory Services Inc.)
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September 30, 2016
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Leo Salom (TD Bank Group)
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September 30, 2016
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Chappuis Halder & Co.
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September 30, 2016
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Craig Burrows (TriView Capital Ltd.)
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September 30, 2016
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Michael Thom (The Canadian Advocacy Council for Canadian CFA Institute Societies)
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September 30, 2016
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FAIR Canada
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September 30, 2016
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Flavio Vani and Bertrand Larocque (Association Professionielle des Conseillers en Services Financiers - French
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September 30, 2016
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Dan Hallett ( HighView Asset Management Ltd.)
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September 30, 2016
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Steve Geist (CIBC Wealth Management)
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September 30, 2016
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Greg Pollock and Wade A. Baldwin (Advocis)
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September 30, 2016
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Barry S. McInerney (Mackenzie Financial Corporation)
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September 30, 2016
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Lisa Brazeau (Investia Services Financiers Inc.) - French
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September 30, 2016
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Gino Sebastian Savard and Yvan Morin (MICA Capital Inc.) - French
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September 30, 2016
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McBride Bond Christian LLP
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September 30, 2016
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Robert Strickland (Fidelity Investments Canada ULC)
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September 30, 2016
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Charles K. Langford (Charles K. Langford Inc.) - French
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September 30, 2016
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Gilles G. Ouellette (BMO Wealth Management)
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September 30, 2016
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Investor Advisory Panel
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September 30, 2016
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Wayne Strandlund, Joel Rosenberg and Dawn Paniz (Fisgard Asset Management Corporation)
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September 30, 2016
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John S. Clark (Pacific Spirit Investment Management Inc.)
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September 30, 2016
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Merici Young (Compass360 Consulting Inc.)
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September 30, 2016
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Michelle Alexander and Naomi Solomon (The Investment Industry Association of Canada)
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September 30, 2016
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Stephen R. Cameron and Harry J. Carmichael (Watt Carmichael Inc.)
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September 30, 2016
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Rick Annaert (Manulife Securities)
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September 30, 2016
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Amy Aubin and Tom MacMillan (Gluskin Sheff + Associates Inc.)
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September 30, 2016
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Patrick Primerano and David Tasker (National Bank Correspondent Network Inc.)
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September 30, 2016
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Consumers Council of Canada
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September 30, 2016
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Atul Tiwari (Vanguard Investments Canada Inc.)
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September 30, 2016
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Michael Stanley (Quadrus Investment Services Ltd.)
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September 30, 2016
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Wanda Morris and Wade R. Poziomka (CARP)
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September 30, 2016
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Nancy Allan (Independent Financial Brokers of Canada)
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September 30, 2016
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Bill Packham and Alexandra Williams (Qtrade Financial Group)
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September 30, 2016
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Margaret Gunawan (BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited
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September 30, 2016
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Nadine Milne, Alison Fletcher and Julie A. Clarke (Mandeville Holdings Inc.)
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September 30, 2016
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Raymonde Crête and Cinthia Duclos (Faculty of law, Université Laval)
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September 30, 2016
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Robert Parsons and Mark Kennedy (Arrow Capital Management Inc.)
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September 30, 2016
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Canadian Bankers Association
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September 30, 2016
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Linda McCormick (Highstreet Asset Management Inc.)
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September 30, 2016
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Harold. C. Blanes and Alan Blanes
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September 30, 2016
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Nick DiRenzo (Sun Life Financial Investment Services (Canada) Inc.)
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September 30, 2016
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Junaid K. Subhan, Alix d'Anglejan-Chatillon, Jeffrey Elliott, Ramandeep K. Grewal, Darin R. Renton, Nicholas Badeen and Paul Burd (Stikeman Elliott LLP)
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September 30, 2016
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Normand Pepin (iA Financial Group)
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September 30, 2016
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Steven J. Donald (Assante Wealth Management Ltd)
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September 30, 2016
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Clay Gillespie (Rogers Group Financial)
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September 30, 2016
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Rebecca Cowdery, Laura Paglia, Prema Thiele and Ronald Kosonic (Borden Ladner Gervais LLP)
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September 30, 2016
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Financial Planning Standards Council Letter
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September 30, 2016
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Darrell Bartlett (Knowledge First Financial Inc.)
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September 30, 2016
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Heather Schlerloski
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September 30, 2016
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Will Lockett (Altus Securities Inc.)
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September 29, 2016
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Richard Bergeron (Canadian Western Financial)
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September 29, 2016
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David Gilkes, Brian Koscak, Nadine Milne, Zachary Goldenberg, Doug Bedard and Georgina Blanas (Private Capital Markets Association of Canada)
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September 29, 2016
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Canadian Independent Asset Management
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September 29, 2016
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Michel Boutin and Maxime Gauthier (Mérici Services Financiers Inc.
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September 29, 2016
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Ian Noetzel (Orbis Investments (Canada) Limited)
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September 29, 2016
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David Burbach (YTM Capital Asset Management Ltd.)
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September 29, 2016
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Govind Achyuthan (Acumen Capital Finance Partners Limited)
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September 29, 2016
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Lorraine Bate Boerop (Monarch Wealth Corportion)
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September 29, 2016
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Debra A. McFadden
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September 28, 2016
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National Exempt Market Association
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September 28, 2016
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Manny DaSilva (Association of Canadian Compliance Professionals)
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September 28, 2016
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Paul Renaud (RESP Dealers Association of Canada)
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September 28, 2016
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Sandra L. Kegie ( The Federation of Mutual Fund Dealers )
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September 27, 2016
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Wiley Auch (Longbow Capital Inc.)
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September 27, 2016
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Katie Walmsley and Margaret Gunawan (PMAC)
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September 27, 2016
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Brenda Plant (Ethiquette.ca)
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September 27, 2016
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DIAM Capital Markets Inc.
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September 26, 2016
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Deb Abbey (Responsible Investment Association)
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September 26, 2016
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John G. Novachis (Investment Planning Counsel Inc.)
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September 23, 2016
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Anthony Boright (InvestorCOM Inc.)
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September 23, 2016
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Ryan Colwell
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September 23, 2016
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Chris Reed
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September 22, 2016
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Samira Khakpoor (Equiton Capital Inc.)
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September 20, 2016
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Paul C. Bourque (IFIC)
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September 17, 2016
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Stan Buell (Small Investor Protection Association)
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September 9, 2016
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Edward J. Waitzer and Keith Ambachtsheer
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August 26, 2016
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Keith Costello (The Canadian Institute of Financial Planners)
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August 25, 2016
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James E. A. Turner
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August 22, 2016
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Peter Benedek
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August 16, 2016
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Peter Whitehouse
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July 22, 2016
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Arthur Ross
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July 11, 2016
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Ken Kivenko (Kenmar Associates)
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