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SUMMARY |
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This enactment amends the Criminal Code by creating a new offence
of prohibited insider trading and creating a new offence to prohibit
threatening or retaliating against employees for disclosing unlawful
conduct. The enactment increases the maximum penalties and codifies
aggravating and non-mitigating sentencing factors for fraud and certain
related offences and provides for concurrent jurisdiction for the
Attorney General of Canada to prosecute those offences.
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The enactment also creates a new procedural mechanism by which
persons will be required to produce documents, data or information in
specific circumstances.
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