Cutting Red Tape and Growing
Capital Formation in Canada
By JACQUELINE SALLAS-SYRETT, Media Relations & Communications Director,
Private Capital Markets Association of Canada
Honourable Pierre
Poilievre is a former
Minister, a five-term
Member of Parliament and
the Shadow Federal
Conservative Finance
Critic, addressed the
annual PCMA Conference that took place on
June 12, 2019 at the Design Exchange in
Toronto. As a champion of free markets,
Poilievre provided attendees with his vision for
Canada: reducing the size and scope of
government, reducing taxes and cutting red
tape for SME.
Headlining the PCMA Cutting Red Tape 2019
conference was Hon. Peter Bethlenfalvy,
Ontario’s President of the Treasury Board,
and leads the government’s efforts on
expenditure management, which included the
line-by-line review of the province’s finances.
An internationally renowned figure in the
financial services sector, Minister Bethlenfalvy
draws upon over 25 years of senior leadership
experience in capital markets, risk management and investments.
Right out of the gate we opened the conference
with the hottest topic trending in the capital
markets industry, and our Nation right now!
“Cutting Red Tape and Regulatory Burden
Reduction”, with Tim Moseley, Vice-Chair of
the Ontario Securities Commission. A highly
respected lawyer and former CFO, he sat down
with Bruce Croxon, CEO of Round13 Capital,
and co-host on BNN Bloomberg, to explain.
In an exclusive engagement, CIO of FieraCapi-
tal, author and TV personality, Jonathan E.
Lewis, was keynote speaker at the conference.
With his unique style, Lewis provided the
attendees with a look into policy about the
changing role of the US in the world and its
impact on markets for the next several years.
He is an active member of Business Execu-
tives for National Security, an organization
comprised of senior American business
leaders contributing potential solutions to
national security problems. He served as part
of the congressionally mandated independent
panel that reviewed the CIA’s venture capital
operation, In-Q-Tel, in 2001.
The PCMA Cutting Red Tape 2019 conference
featured nearly one dozen separate and
wide-ranging panel discussions on everything
from, a riveting and personal story on
surviving a cyberattack; alternative investing
with featured panelist Jim Mirkopoulos, VP of
Cinespace Studios; Family Office with Robert
Sinclair, CIO of a private family office; growing
your capital in real estate, and the very timely
and hot issue of creating confidence in the
capital markets across Canada, a regulator
roundtable with ASC director Lynn Tsutsumi
and BCSC director John Hinze!
Other speakers and panelists included leading
experts in family office, fintech and a special
section dedicated to angel investors. We also
had “PCMA Presents”: Business development
element to help strengthen corporate relation-
ships, with media strategist and award-winning
digital marketing pro, Keith Tomasek. He
provided key insights and great takeaway advice
on social media to the over 200 industry
members that attended the event; including
entrepreneurs, disruptors, tech innovators,
exempt market dealers, dealing representa-
tives, private capital issuers and companies,
“Cutting red tape is more than a meme. It has
become a priority with two provincial govern-
ments. The recently elected government in
Alberta has also created a cabinet position
responsible for red tape reduction. And the
Ontario government dedicated a section in their
budget to our industry regarding reducing
regulatory burden. We are a robust and brilliant
group of industry leaders that work hard to
keep Canada’s economy moving!” says Georgina
Blanas, PCMA Executive Director. “The PCMA
Chapters across Canada are very active and
constantly growing,” she adds.
“Money raised in the private capital markets
helps finance business growth and economic
development,” Blanas says. “It is an important
contributor to job creation, putting food on the
table, supporting start up, small and medium
sized businesses, creating wealth for
investors.” The total amount of capital raised
through these markets continues to exceed
$100+ billion a year and continues to outpace
capital raising in the public markets.
Blanas further notes, “We are deeply grateful to
our members, sponsors, Executive, Directors,
Chapter Leadership, Committee Chairs,
volunteers and supporters for their commitment and engagement with the PCMA – the
largest Private Capital Markets Community in
Canada. Of its many goals, the PCMA’s most
critical is to reveal that the private markets are
the best place to raise capital and invest.”
The PCMA would like to thank the Cutting
Red Tape and Growing Capital Formation in
Canada Conference 2019 Sponsors for their
support. (see next page)
The PCMA would like to thank the PCMA
Founding Partners and Partners: Founding
Partners: IBK Capital; WeirFoulds LLP;
McLeod Law LLP; MNP; Portland Investment
Counsel Inc.; PowerOne Capital Markets
Limited. Premier Partner: ExemptEdge.
Lead Partner: Computershare. Capital
Partners: Arlington Street Investments;
Brookstreet Mortgage Investment Corporation;
Burstall LLP; TriView Capital LTD.; Invico
Capital Corporation. Affiliate Partners:
Pinnacle Wealth Brokers; Univeris.
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“We are deeply grateful to our
members, sponsors, Executive,
Directors, Chapter Leadership,
Committee Chairs, volunteers
and supporters for their
commitment and engagement
with the PCMA – the largest
Private Capital Markets
Community in Canada!”
