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on “Addressing the Digitalization of Money.” In the statement, the government said consultations with stakeholders on digital currencies, stablecoins and CBDCs are being launched on Nov. 3, although exactly which stakeholders will be engaged remains unclear.The discussion of what could have become Canada’s formal legal framework for crypto — bill C-249 — showed a sharp partisan divide around the topic.
The next general elections in Canada are scheduled for 2025, and given C-249’s failure and the general condition of the market, it’s not likely that Poilievre and the Conservatives will get broad support in the Parliament for their pro-crypto efforts until that time. Currently, the Conservative party holds only 16 out of 105 seats in the Senate and 119 out of 338 in the House of Commons.
The majority of industry stakeholders would like to see “clear guidelines and a risk-based approach.” Currently, a majority of regulatory authorities in Canada have chosen to apply existing financial industry rules and regulations designed and implemented for the traditional financial industry. However, Baranovskaya highlighted that in recent years, regulators have been engaging in a closer dialogue with the crypto industry. The Securities Commission has created a sandbox and encouraged crypto asset trading platforms and innovative types of businesses offering alternative financial instruments to join. The IIROC has also been leading a dialogue with the industry participants to understand business models better and identify how the current framework can be applied to them.
“Understanding the underlying technology behind crypto assets and De-Fi products that work out a flexible but robust regulatory regime that can adjust to the ever-changing crypto asset space is essential.”
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