"It's also possible that international and Canadian financial institutions could shy away from doing business in the region, because they would have to use a registered broker-dealer to comply with the regulations or register themselves, thus upping their costs."

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"It's also possible that international and Canadian financial institutions could shy away from doing business in the region, because they would have to use a registered broker-dealer to comply with the regulations or register themselves, thus upping their costs."

--Margaret Grottenthaler, partner at Stikeman Elliot in Toronto, on the consequences of tighter registration requirements proposed by the Alberta Securities Commission

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