(a) the loan or guarantee is fully secured by securities of or guaranteed by the Government of Canada or the government of a province; or

(8) "buy-sell back transaction" or "sell-buy back transaction" means a transaction by which a counterparty buys or sells securities, commodities, or guaranteed rights relating to title to securities or commodities, agreeing, respectively, to sell or buy back securities, commodities or such guaranteed rights of the same description at a specified price on a future date, that transaction being a buy-sell back transaction for the counterparty buying the securities, commodities or guaranteed rights, and a sell-buy back transaction for the counterparty selling them, such buy-sell ...[+++]back or sell-buy back transactions not being governed by a repurchase agreement or by a reverse-repurchase agreement within the meaning of point (9);

Question No. 226 Hon. Roy Cullen: With regard to collateralized debt obligations (CDO’s) and the sub-prime mortgage credit crisis in the North American financial sector: (a) in 2007, was the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) aware of the exposure of financial institutions in Canada to CDO’s, and specifically sub-prime mortgages; (b) when it became aware of the exposure of Canadian banks to sub-prime mortgages, how did OSFI evaluate the risk of these CDO’s in the context of the solvency, liquidity and stability of Canada’s financial institutions; (c) did OSFI undertake any sensitivity analysis to assess the i ...[+++]mpact of factors such as interest rate changes, economic slowdown or job losses and property market declines on the viability of sub-prime mortgages; (d) were CDO’s adequately secured or insured by Canada’s chartered banks, and were these CDO instruments appropriately rated by the rating agencies; (e) given the recent losses or write downs by chartered Canadian banks, what action is the OSFI taking to safeguard Canada’s financial sector, its depositors and shareholders; and (f) what steps is the Minister of Finance taking to address this issue, and to ensure that this type of situation does not occur again?

20. Calls for arrangements under the new rules to ensure that, when debts are securitised, the aggregate capital requirements of all banks involved in a transaction do not exceed the capital requirements that would arise if the debts were not securitised; suggests, however, that the obligations applying to banks as regards debt securitisation be couched in such a way as to provide the transparency required in order to protect purchasers of asset-backed securities of this kind;

20. Calls for arrangements under the new rules to ensure that, when debts are securitised, the aggregate capital requirements of all banks involved in a transaction do not exceed the capital requirements that would arise if the debts were not securitised; suggests, however, that the obligations applying to banks as regards debt securitisation be couched in such a way as to provide the transparency required in order to protect purchasers of asset-backed securities of this kind;

Debt securities issued or guaranteed by central governments, issued by central banks, international organisations, multilateral development banks or Member States' regional governments or local authorities which would qualify for credit quality step 2 or 3 under the rules for the risk weighting of exposures under Articles 78 to 83 of Directive 2006/./EC , and debt securities issued or guaranteed by institutions which would qualify for credit quality step 1 or 2 under the rules for the risk weighting of exposures under Articles 78 to 83 of Directive 2006/./EC*, and debt securities issued or guaranteed by institutions which would qualify f ...[+++]or credit quality step 3 under the rules for the risk weighting of exposures under point 28, Part 1 of Annex VI to Directive 2006/./EC*, and debt securities issued or guaranteed by corporates which would qualify for credit quality step 1 or 2 under the rules for the risk weighting of exposures under Articles 78 to 83 of Directive 2006/./EC*.