Canada – CSA Publishes Business Plan, Includes Focus on Short Selling

Canada – CSA Publishes Business Plan, Includes Focus on Short Selling

On 27 June 2025, CSA NBW published the 2025-2028 CSA business plan.

  • CSA NBW, CSA OSC, CSA ALB, CSA NVS, CSA BC, released the 2025-2028 business plan focused on enhancing competitiveness and advancing investor protection.
  • Provided 4 strategic goals and specified other projects and initiatives to be completed.

Strategic Goals

  • Goals targeted capital markets, investors, innovation and technology, systemic risk.
  • Maintain regulatory framework supporting internationally competitive capital markets.
  • Strengthen investor protections to enhance market confidence, long-term resilience.
  • Innovation and technology must reflect business realities and keep pace with changes.
  • Identify, assess, and respond to systemic risks that could impact financial markets.

Other Projects and Initiatives

  • Areas of focus going forward include derivatives oversight, short selling, development of equity markets, investment funds, crypto-trading platforms, and firm obligations.
  • Also focus on climate-related and diversity disclosure and investor account issues.