Tuesday, June 19, 2007

UPDATE 2-Canada softens tone on securities regulation

(Reuters) - OTTAWA, June 19 - Canada's government appeared to
soften its push for a national securities regulator on Tuesday,
saying it would also consider an alternative regulation scheme
favored by most provincial authorities.




Finance Minister Jim Flaherty has tried for the past year
to convince his 13 provincial and territorial counterparts to
streamline their securities regulators into a single body, a
goal that won the blessing of the International Monetary Fund.


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