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Volume 23, Issue 16, Apr 20, 2000 The Ontario Securities Commission OSC Bulletin April 20, 2000 Volume 23, Issue 16 (2000), 23 OSCB The Ontario Securities Commission Administers the Securities Act of Ontario (R.S.O. 1990, c.S.5) and the Commodity Futures Act of Ontario (R.SO. 1990, c.C.20) The Ontario Securites Commission Published under the authority of the Commission by Cadillac Fairview Tower IHS/Micromedia Limited Suite 800, Box 55 20 Victoria Street 20 Queen Street West Toronto, Ontario Toronto, Ontario M5C 2N8 M5H 3S8 (416)597-0681 (416) 362-5211 or 1-(800) 387-2689 Fax: 8th Floor - 416-593-8122 (Office of the Secretary / Corporate Relations) Fax: 8th Floor - 416-593-8252 (Corporate Finance: Admin. & Document Management) Fax: 16th Floor - 416-593-8240 (Capital Markets: Market Regulation) Fax: 16th Floor - 416-593-8283 (Capital Markets: Compliance / Registration) Fax: 16th Floor - 416-593-8240 (Capital Markets: Investment Funds / Library) Fax: 17th Floor - 416-593-8321 (Enforcement) Fax: 18th Floor - 416-593-8244 (Corporate Finance: Filings Team 1) Fax: 18th Floor - 416-593-8177 (Corporate Finance: Filings Team 2) Fax: 18th Floor - 416-593-3681 (Corporate Finance: Take over Bid) Fax: 18th Floor - 416-593-3681 (General Counsel's Office) Fax: 18th Floor - 416-593-8241 (Executive Offices) Fax: 22nd Floor - 416-593-8188 (Corporate Services) The OSC Bulletin is published weekly by Micromedia, a division of IHS Canada, under the authority of the Ontario Securities Commission. 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After that period back issues will be available on microfiche only. Full copies of both Insider Reports and Public Filings listed in Chapters 7 and 10 respectively are available from: Demand Documents Department, Micromedia, 20 Victoria Street, Toronto, Ontario M5C 2N8 (416) 362-5211, extension 2211. Space is available in the Ontario Securities Commission Bulletin for advertisements. The publisher will accept advertising aimed at the securities industry or financial community in Canada. Advertisements are limited to tombstone announcements and professional business card announcements by members of, and suppliers to. the financial services industry. Copyright 2000 IHS/Micromedia Limited ISSN 0226-9325 Table of Contents Chapter 1 Notices I News Releases ............2873 2.2 Orders ................................................. 2915 1.1 Notices ................................................2873 2.2.1 CIBC Investor Services Inc. - s. 3.1 1.1.1 Current Proceedings Before The of the Rule............................................ 2915 Ontario Securities Commission............2873 2.2.2 CopperQuest Inc. - ci. 51(2)(b), 1.1.2 Remarks by Vice-Chair Howard I. Regulation............................................ 2916 Wetston, Q.C. - Bringing Regulation 2.2.3 Hamilton Airlines (2000) Inc. - s. 68..... 2917 into Line with Reality: A Regulatory 2.2.4 Harris Investment Management Inc. Perspective on a Changing World ...... 2875 -s.38 ................................................... 2918 1.2 News Releases ................................... 2880 2.2.5 LMI Diffracto Limited - s. 83................. 2919 1.2.1 Norman Maxwell, Antonino Candido 2.2.6 RBC Dominion Securities Inc. and John Dzambazov .......................... 2880 - s. 233, Regulation.............................. 2920 Chapter 2 Decisions, Orders and Rulings ..2881 Chapter 3 Reasons: Decisions, Orders and 2.1 Decisions ..................................... 2881 Rulings (nil) ................................... 2923 2.1.1 W. Norman Maxwell - s. 127(1) ........... 2881 2.1.2 W. Norman Maxwell Chapter 4 Cease Trading Orders (nil) .........2925 - Settlement Agreement....................... 2882 2.1.3 Antonino Candido - s. 127(l) ...............2886 Chapter 5 Rules and Policies (nil)...............2927 2.1.4 Antonino Candido - Settlement Agreement ................. ..... 2886 Chapter 6 Request for Comments (nil) .......2929 2.1.5 John Dzambazov - s. 127(l) ................ 2890 2.1.6 John Dzambazov Chapter 7 Insider Reporting.........................2931 - Settlement Agreement....................... 2890 2.1.7 Amdocs Limited. Amdocs (Denmark) Chapter 8 Notice of Exempt Financings.....2973 ApS., Amdocs Holdings UIc and Reports of Trades Submitted on Form 45-501f12973 Solect Technology Group Inc. - MRRS Decision ................................. 2894 Chapter 9 Legislation (nil)............................2979 2.1.8 Burgundy Balanced Income Fund et al. - MRRS Decision......................... 2899 Chapter 10 Public Filings ...............................2981 2.1.9 CIBC Greater China Fund - MRRS Decision ................................. 2901 Chapter 11 IPOs, New Issues and Secondary 2.1.10 Gloucester Credit Card Trust Financings ................................... 3015 - MRRS Decision ................................. 2902 2.1.11 Opus360 Corporation Chapter 12 Registrations ...............................3019. - MRRS Decision ................................. 2906 Securities .............................................3019 12.1 2.1.12 Canadian Venture Exchange Inc. - MRRS Decision ................................. 2908 Chapter 13 SRO Notices and Disciplinary 2.1 .13 Merrill Lynch Internet Strategies RSP Decisions (nil) ............................. 3021 Fund and Atlas Asset Management Inc. - MRRS Decision........................... 2909 Chapter 14 Take-over Bids, Issuer Bids, Going 2.1.14 Royal Canadian Equity Fund et al. Private Transactions (nil) ...........3023 - MRRS Decision ................................. 2913 Chapter 25 Other Information (nil) ................3025 Index ......................................................3027 April 20, 2000 (2000), 23 OSCB Chapter 1 Notices I News Releases 1.1 Notices SCHEDULED OSC HEARINGS 1.1.1 Current Proceedings Before The Ontario Date to be YBM Magnex International Inc., Harry W. Securities Commission announced Antes, Jacob G. Bogatin, Kenneth E. Davies, Igor Fisherman, Daniel E. Gatti, April 20, 2000 Frank S. Greenwald, R. Owen Mitchell, David R. Peterson, Michael D. Schmidt, CURRENT PROCEEDINGS Lawrence D. Wilder, Griffiths Mcburney & Partners, National Bank Financial BEFORE Corp., (formerly known as First Marathon Securities Limited) ONTARIO SECURITIES COMMISSION s. 127 Mr. I. Smith in attendance for staff. Panel: HW / DB / MPC Unless otherwise indicated in the date column, all hearings will take place at the following location: Date to be Richard Thomas Slipetz announced The Harry S. Bray Hearing Room s. 127 Ontario Securities Commission Mr. T. Moseley in attendance for staff. Cadillac Fairview Tower Panel: TBA 1g1 Floor, Box 55 20 Queen Street West Hearing will take place at: Toronto, Ontario Alcohol & Gaming Commission M5H 3S8 of Ontario Atrium on Bay Telephone: 416- 597-0681 Telecopiers: 416-593-8348 20 Dundas Street West 7th Floor CDS TDX 76 Hearing Room "D" Toronto, Ontario Late Mail depository on the 19th Floor until 6:00 p.m. Jul 31/2000- Paul Tindall and David Singh Augi 8/2000 THE COMMISSIONERS 10:000 a.m. s. 127 Ms. M. Sopinka in attendance for staff. David A. Brown, Q.C., Chair - DAB Panel: TBA John A. Geller, Q.C., Vice-Chair - JAG Howard Wetston, Q.C. Vice-Chair - HW Kerry D. Adams, FCA - KDA Stephen N. Adams, Q.C. - SNA Derek Brown - DB Morley P. Carscallen, FCA - MPC Robert W. Davis - RWD John F. (Jake) Howard, Q.C. - JFH Robert W. Korthals - RWK Mary Theresa McLeod - MTM R. Stephen Paddon, Q.0 - RSP April 20, 2000 (2000) 23 OSCB 2873 Notices I News Releases ADJOURNED SINE DIE PROVINCIAL DIVISION PROCEEDINGS DJL Capital Corp. and Dennis John Date to be Michael Cowpland and M.C.J.C. Little announced Holdings Inc. s. 122 Ms. M. Sopinka in attendance for staff. Dual Capital Management Limited, Warren Lawrence Wall, Shirley Joan Courtroom 122, Provincial Offences Wall, DJL Capital Corp., Dennis John Court Little and Benjamin Emile Poirier Old City Hall, Toronto Irvine James Dyck May 16/2000 1173219 Ontario Limited c.o.b. as M.C.J.C. Holdings Inc. and Michael 9:00 am. TAC (The Alternate Choice), TAC Cowpland Courtroom C International Limited, Douglas R. Walker, David C. Drennan, Steven Dec 4/2000 Peck, Don Gutoski, Ray Ricks, Al Dec 5/2000 Johnson and Gerald McLeod Robert Thomislav Adzija, Larry Allen Dec 6/2000 Ayres, David Arthur Bending, Marlene Dec 7/2000 s.122 Berry, Douglas Cross, Allan Joseph 9:00 am. Mr. D. Ferris in attendance for staff. Courtroom N Dorsey, Allan Eizenga, Guy Fangeat, Provincial Offences Court Richard Jules Fangeat, Michael Hersey, Old City Hall, Toronto George Edward Holmes, Todd Michael Johnston, Michael Thomas Peter Kennelly, John Douglas Kirby, Ernest Kiss, Arthur Krick, Frank
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