Finance committee  You know, the way we are currently set up, we're not equipped to do that. It would be a significant departure for us should policy-makers ask us to do that kind of thing. We're currently not set up to do that.

Finance committee  Thank you. I'd be pleased to answer that question. There is a range of questions there, as you say. I think the way to look at it is that there is a range of complexity there. Currently we are an investment management organization asked to look after one single pool of capital.

Finance committee  People might remember that a federal-provincial reform model took place in 1995, 1996, and 1997. It was a combination of 11 federal and provincial governments across the country of all political stripes.

Foreign Affairs committee  Not directly, but we've been following the development of the bill.

Foreign Affairs committee  Just to return to Mr. Dewar's question about SEMA. Clearly, as my colleague, Mr. Raymond, pointed out, our policy on responsible investing, similar to the UN principles, came into effect in 2005 and 2006. This was really a sea change in the way investment organizations around t

Foreign Affairs committee  Two of those three.

Foreign Affairs committee  I could tell you a story, actually, to get back to the other member's--

Foreign Affairs committee  All right. It's not in CHC, and I'll tell you why. It's an example of engagement. Last year, in conjunction with another investor, we looked at making a significant investment in Canadian Helicopters that had a very small part of their operation in Burma. It was looked at throug

Foreign Affairs committee  As well, Mr. Chairman, there are a variety of inputs that we use. We have, as Don mentioned, an internal research function, we use external research providers, and we have discussions with NGO groups. We use a variety of inputs, but again it's just making a judgment on a risk-ret

Foreign Affairs committee  Okay, thank you. I'd be pleased to answer that question. I think we engage with companies in three ways. We talked about proxy voting. I think the most powerful one has to do with coalitions of other investors. We also do direct engagement with companies. With regard to mining

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I'd be pleased to answer that. Obviously I don't think we would ignore such a determination, but we look at this really in two ways. What we hope to show the committee here this morning is that we do look at environmental, social, and governance factors

Foreign Affairs committee  Mr. Chairman, if I could just add, just to answer the member's question, you can see on our website how we would have voted on shareholder proposals, and all that is disclosed on the website. I will reiterate my colleague's point. By ourselves we may not have a significant amount

Finance committee  Our year-end is March 31.

Finance committee  In calendar 2008, it was minus 14%. For the year ending March 31—therefore three months later—it was just over minus 18%. In the three months since that time—

Finance committee  The three months that ended in June, after our year-end, the—