JANUARY 19, 2007
http://www.osc.gov.on.ca/Media/NewsReleases/2007/nr_20070119_csa-xbrl-launch.jsp
In 2006, the CSA conducted a survey to assess the awareness of XBRL in the marketplace and the interest in an XBRL filing program. “The feedback we received from the marketplace indicated that about half of the respondents have some understanding of XBRL and a significant number are in favour of an XBRL filing program,” said Jean St-Gelais, Chair of the CSA and President & Chief Executive Officer of the Autorité des marchés financiers (Québec). “With this voluntary filing program, we hope to increase the level of practical knowledge in the Canadian marketplace of this new technology and gain a greater understanding of the potential of XBRL.”
The XBRL filing will not replace the official PDF filing that is required by securities regulators, but will be additional information made available to the public through the System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval (SEDAR) website.
“We invite issuers to join the voluntary filing program. We are committed to learning more about technologies that can help improve efficiency in our marketplace,” said St-Gelais.
CSA Notice 51-323 XBRL filing program and request for volunteers is available on the websites of several CSA members. Issuers interested in joining the voluntary filing program should contact one of the CSA staff members listed in the notice.
The CSA, the council of
the securities regulators of
For more information:
Carolyn Shaw-Rimmington
416-593-2361
Andrew Poon
604-899-6880
Tamera Van Brunt
403-297-2664
Ainsley Cunningham
204-945-4733
Frédéric Alberro
Autorité des marchés financiers
514-940-2176
Announced
by:
Hugh
Wallis, XII
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