For Immediate Release
6 March 2006
CSA promotes Fraud Awareness Month
Montreal – The Canadian Securities Administrators
has joined the Fraud Prevention Forum to promote March 2006 as Fraud Awareness
Month. In doing so,
the CSA hopes to increase public awareness about fraud resources available
from trusted sources that can help people protect their personal finances and
avoid investment frauds and scams.
As a Fraud Prevention Forum partner, the CSA joins more than 75 government and private sector organizations to promote the ongoing national public education and awareness campaign “Recognize It. Report It. Stop It.” Throughout the month of March, partners are involved in a number of national, regional and local activities supporting fraud awareness.
Canadians are encouraged to visit the CSA website at www.csa-acvm.ca, to learn
more about how to avoid investment fraud. On the site, visitors can take the
Investment Fraud Awareness Quiz and view a new Fraud Awareness section. The
site also provides access to resources and helpful links to a wealth of other
important investing information from the provincial and territorial securities
regulators.
The CSA, the council of the securities regulators of Canada’s provinces
and territories, coordinates and harmonizes regulation for the Canadian capital
markets. Their mandate is to protect investors from unfair or fraudulent
practices through regulation of the securities industry. Part of this protection
is educating investors about the risk, responsibilities and rewards of investing.
Media relations contacts:
| Yukon Securities Registry Richard Roberts (867) 667-5225 Richard.roberts@gov.yk.ca |
British Columbia Securities Commission Andrew Poon 604-899-6880 1-800-373-6393 (BC & Alberta only) www.bcsc.bc.ca |
| Securities Registry Northwest Territories Gary MacDougall (867) 920-8984 www.justice.gov.nt.ca/SecuritiesRegistry/SecuritiesRegistry.htm Registrar_SecCorpReg@gov.nt.ca |
Alberta Securities Commission Lorinda Brinton (403) 297-2665 www.albertasecurities.com lorinda.brinton@seccom.ab.ca |
| Nunavut Securities Registry Gary Crowe (867) 975-6190 GCrowe@gov.nu.ca |
Saskatchewan Financial Services Commission Patti Pacholek (306) 787-5871 www.sfsc.gov.sk.ca ppacholek@sfsc.gov.sk.ca |
| Manitoba Securities Commission Ainsley Cunningham (204) 945-4733 1 800 655-5244 (sans frais au Manitoba) www.msc.gov.mb.ca aicunningh@gov.mb.ca |
Ontario Securities Commission Perry Quinton 416-593-2348 1-877-785-1555 (toll free in Canada) www.investorED.ca pquinton@osc.gov.on.ca |
| Autorité des marchés financiers Denis Labrie (418) 525-0558, poste 4141 1 800 361-5072 (sans frais au Québec) www.cvmq.com |
New Brunswick. Securities Commission Natalie Green 506-643-7745 1-866-933-2222 (New Brunswick only) www.nbsc-cvmnb.ca natalie.green@nbsc-cvmnb.ca |
| Nova Scotia Securities Commission Chris Pottie (902) 424-5393 www.gov.ns.ca/nssc pottiec@gov.ns.ca |
Department of Attorney General Prince Edward Island Mark Gallant 902-368-4552 www.gov.pe.ca/securities mlgallant@gov.mb.ca |
| Financial Services Regulation Division Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador Doug Connolly (709) 729-2594 www.gov.nl.ca/scon Connolly@gov.nl.ca |