Order: Subsections 3.5(3) and 7(3)

Authorization Order

March 7, 2022

IN THE MATTER OF
THE SECURITIES ACT,
R.S.O. 1990, CHAPTER S.5, AS AMENDED
(the “Act”)
AND
IN THE MATTER OF
THE SECRETARY TO THE COMMISSION

ORDER
(Subsections 3.5(3) and 7(3))

WHEREAS a quorum of the Ontario Securities Commission (the “Commission”) may, pursuant to subsection 3.5(3) of the Act, in writing authorize any member of the Commission to exercise any of the powers and perform any of the duties of the Commission;

AND WHEREAS the Secretary to the Commission may from time to time be absent from the Commission and unable to exercise the powers vested in the Secretary under the Act;

AND WHEREAS the Commission may designate another individual to act in the capacity of Secretary and the individual designated has all the powers and duties of the Secretary pursuant to subsection 7(3) of the Act;

AND WHEREAS by order made on May 20, 2016, pursuant to subsection 7(3) of the Act (“2016 Order”) the Commission designated Robert E. Blair, Christos Grivas, Daisy Aranha, and Carolyn Slon is to act in the capacity of Secretary in the absence of the Secretary.

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the 2016 Order is hereby revoked; and

THE COMMISSION HEREBY AUTHORIZES, pursuant to subsection 3.5(3) and subsection 7(3) of the Act, that any one of Robert E. Blair, Christos Grivas, Daisy Aranha, Carolyn Slon, and Kirsten Thoreson is hereby designated to act in the capacity of Secretary and may alone, in the absence of the Secretary, exercise the powers vested in the Secretary under the Act or the Regulation thereto.

DATED at Toronto, this 7th day of March, 2022.

“Mary Anne De Monte-Whelan”
Commissioner

“Cathy Singer”
Commissioner