Consultation and Review

The Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy (OSB) seeks comments from stakeholders on specific issues by launching consultations processes. Any open consultations are listed in the section below.

Open consultation and review

There are no open consultations or reviews at this time.

Closed consultations

Ottawa, December 21, 2012—The OSB solicited comments from stakeholders on its draft “Overview of Trustee Professional Conduct Proceedings” and the related draft Directive No. 31, Procedure Governing Trustee Professional Conduct Proceedings.


Ottawa, September 20, 2012—As part of the review of insolvency counselling, the OSB solicited comments from stakeholders. The first phase of the insolvency counselling review was an evaluation that included two surveys (consumer debtors and trustees and qualified insolvency counsellors).

Report on the Evaluation of Mandatory Counselling – May 7, 2013


Ottawa, August 20, 2012 – The OSB solicited comments from stakeholders on the draft Trustee Electronic Recordkeeping (TERK) directive.


Ottawa, April 11, 2012 –The OSB solicited comments from stakeholders on Phase I of the implementation of the changes resulting from the Licensing Framework Review.


Ottawa, June 4, 2010 – In order to maintain an efficient and effective regulatory framework, the OSB is revisiting the Trustee Licensing Regulatory Framework.