"The designated organization in the private sector for establishing standards of financial accounting that govern the preparation of financial reports by nongovernmental entities"
The two primary aims of the SEC are requiring public companies to report certain types of information to investors and regulating companies and individuals whose actions violate the law and the SEC
The IAS Plus website, hosted by Deloitte, discusses and reports on international financial reporting--look at their section on adoption of IFRS standards by jurisdiction, among others
Provides access to most public securities documents and information filed by public companies and investment funds with the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) in the SEDAR filing system.