What is a statutory cause of action for misrepresentations for purchasers who acquire securities on the secondary market?

Section 138.3 provides a statutory cause of action for misrepresentations for purchasers who acquire securities on the secondary market: Sharma v. Timminco Limited, 2012 ONCA 107, 109 O.R. (3d) 569, at paras. 7-8, leave to appeal refused, [2012] S.C.C.A. No. 157. Section 138.3 in Part XXIII.1 provides that: 138.3 (1) Where a responsible issuer or a person or company with actual, implied or apparent authority to act on behalf of a responsible issuer releases a document that contains a misrepresentation, a person or company who acquires or disposes of the issuer’s security during the period between the time when the document was released and the time when the misrepresentation contained in the document was publicly corrected has, without regard to whether the person or company relied on the misrepresentation, a right of action for damages against, (a) the responsible issuer; …