The Registrar magazine -Issue 2: Spring 2021

Licensing

What’s in a name? Ontario looks to regulate titles in the financial sector By Leah Golob

This comes as a surprise to many consumers as more than half of Ontarians (56%) assume financial planner and financial advisor title users hold credentials overseen by a gov-

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urrently in Ontario, anyone can call themselves a financial planner or financial advisor, regardless of whether or not they have any credentials.

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Providing consumer protection to grieving families

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What’s in a name? Ontario looks to regulate titles in the financial sector

Is a self-regulatory framework to license and administer psychedelics a future possibility?

Committed to fairness: regulating the regulators to level the playing field for internationally educated professionals

Fewer regulators, greater standard of care: lessons from Australia’s national healthcare regulator

Protecting your prepaid funeral money through the compensation fund

In death a funeral director helped a musician ensure his beat would go on – his way

Green burials are an environmental option

Strict COVID measures and professional compliance are preventing major outbreaks at Ontario funeral homes

The BAO: protecting consumers’ money and interests

Respecting and remembering those buried in Canada’s first Black cemeteries

Navigating unpredictability and reliably informing Canadian travellers: The role of the Travel Industry Council of Ontario

Four Ontario registrars with one common goal: safe workspaces for healthy smiles

Samantha Van Genne Registrar of multiple professions in NWT

The building sector joins forces to combat the climate crisis

Overhauling BC’s regulatory framework an increasing priority for the provincial government

New Brunswick’s financial watchdog a champion of multidisciplinary regulation

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