Finance committee  Mr. Chairman, I'd like to clarify a few points. First of all, our board of directors is the organization that determines incentive payments to executive officers and approves compensation for the entire organization. As my colleague pointed out, it's the four-year performance, bo

Finance committee  Sorry--Finance Minister Flaherty. It's the focus on short-term results—in fact, one-year results—that many would point to as one of the primary causes of the global financial crisis.