2007 Investor Forum Tonight!

Ladies and gentlemen, grab your notepads and prepare.

With its debut in May 2005, the OSC Investor Town Hall (now, the 2007 Investor Forum) was an event instigated by outgoing OSC chief, David Brown, to hear and document questions and concerns of the retail investing public. He invited along his colleagues: the heads of self-regulatory organizations, IDA and MFDA, and the Ombudsman for Banking and Investment Services. This roster coupled with one of our favorite investor advocates, Stan Buell, of Small Investors Protection Association, and we had quite the party. Two years ago, as the first of its kind, the event was a resounding success simply because Ontarian investors had seen nothing like it. Issues were broken and talked about candidly, and the heads of the OSC, as well as the self-regulatory organizations, put themselves out there to be, at times, publicly rebuked. Now, past the inaugural event, there's a great deal more expected of this event. Furthermore, you'd better believe investors are going to want updates on the issues they raised.

We'll see how tonight goes. Please check back in the next week for a more extensive review of the 2007 Investor Forum. It is important to note that evaluating the genuineness of these individuals can only be done subjectively.

A follow-up to the 2005 Town Hall was released last year and is available at:
http://www.osc.gov.on.ca/Investor/Forum/TownHall/th_20060725_final-report.pdf