https://business.financialpost.com/news/fp-street/ontario-securities-commission-will-now-pay-up-to-5-million-for-tips-as-first-in-canada-to-offer-whistleblower-rewards. "Maureen Jensen, chair and chief executive of the OSC, said Thursday the whistleblower program is a “game changer” that will make it easier for the regulator to uncover insider trading, accounting fraud, market manipulation, and disclosure violations.
“These are sophisticated matters that can go undetected for long periods of time and seriously cause harm to investors,” Jensen said.
The whistleblower program goes “hand-in-hand” with the OSC’s recently introduced no-contest settlement program, which so far has resulted in more than $180 million being returned to investors in four separate cases, she said"