Industry committee  In terms of the U.S. investors and advocates we work with, it's really a very loose association, nothing particularly formal. We keep each other abreast of what's going on in the two jurisdictions. We'll certainly pick good ideas out of each other's pockets, but there's no sense

Industry committee  I certainly take the point, and here's our thinking around it. It would be okay with us if public companies--and that's the realm we're in--wanted to do it both ways. Everybody put their hands in the air and then everybody mark a ballot. What's crucial for us is to get the vote t

Industry committee  Residency is an interesting issue. It hasn't been a particularly hot topic for the investors we deal with. However, I would say this. At SHARE we certainly consider the impact of reduced residency, which definitely has its benefits. We sent a lot of companies--just before the CBC

Industry committee  I can start in on that. For public companies we do have new executive compensation disclosure rules. They came into force at the tail end of last year, so pretty much everybody but the banks--who have year-ends in October--who have year-ends on December 31 have now reported out f

Industry committee  Yes, there are. It's about 35% or so of the composite index that report a simple show of hands. The big banks, for example, and larger CBCA issuers will do a ballot at the meeting. If you want to attend the meeting, you approach the registrar. You'll exchange the proxy you rece

Industry committee  Right. And I've actually seen more latitude given to certain shareholders who habitually attend and have contributions to make. And these are the companies that don't need this provision. With others, it depends. Clearly, if people have something quite meaty they want to deal wi

Industry committee  Good afternoon. Institutional investors and their advocates—and SHARE is in the latter group—have recommendations for substantive amendments to the CBCA. The changes to the act that we seek indicate that it's been in force for eight or nine years now and over that time expectati