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Finance committee First, the board is accountable for all the decisions made at committees. The Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions supervises financial institutions and ensures that all the important decisions are made at the board and that the board is accountable for all thos
May 28th, 2013Committee meeting
Annie Hardy
Finance committee I'll be able to provide it today.
May 28th, 2013Committee meeting
Annie Hardy
Finance committee The Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions is the one that actually can answer those questions, because they're the ones who regulate. Also, there are rules in the legislation, and the superintendent has guidelines on how the board should make decisions. Risk deci
May 28th, 2013Committee meeting
Annie Hardy
Finance committee It's correct that the directors are liable for all of the decisions. Usually, all of the important decisions have to be reported at the board.
May 28th, 2013Committee meeting
Annie Hardy
Finance committee Yes.
November 1st, 2012Committee meeting
Annie Hardy
Finance committee I do not have the exact number with me, but I know that there are several pooled funds. They exist in Asia and Australia. I think that New Zealand has one. They exist here and there around the world. But I cannot give you the exact number.
November 1st, 2012Committee meeting
Annie Hardy
Finance committee If an applicant wishes to invest in a financial institution, they should begin with the Office of the Superintendant of Financial Institutions. The superintendant then reviews the application to ensure it complies with the law and that the minister will have the information requi
November 1st, 2012Committee meeting
Annie Hardy
Finance committee The reason for this change was to enable financial institutions to have access to a wider range of investors. In other countries, investors are allowed to invest in financial institutions. We wanted to make sure that our financial institutions were going to be competitive in the
November 1st, 2012Committee meeting
Annie Hardy
Finance committee Yes. At present there are three criteria that the law... With your permission, I am going to consult my sheet.
November 1st, 2012Committee meeting
Annie Hardy
Finance committee No. I am talking to you about what is now found in Bill C-38.
November 1st, 2012Committee meeting
Annie Hardy
Finance committee There are not any additional criteria.
November 1st, 2012Committee meeting
Annie Hardy
Finance committee Yes, I can do that, for sure. We created a new class of investors in the first Jobs, Growth and Long-term Prosperity Act. What we did was we ensured that the ownership framework for the current investors is harmonized with the new framework so that they all work together more sm
November 1st, 2012Committee meeting
Annie Hardy
Finance committee We didn't change the framework for the ones that were currently allowed before Bill C-38. For those ones there are exactly the same rules. What we did is we looked at this new class of investors. We looked at whether we needed to modify certain clauses for them to make it a lit
November 1st, 2012Committee meeting
Annie Hardy
Finance committee Currently for investors, the minister approves share ownership above 10%.
November 1st, 2012Committee meeting
Annie Hardy
Finance committee Yes, for those investors we want to approve every share. We have criteria. Basically it is that government and agents are prohibited from owning shares in financial institutions, with limited exceptions, so we open the door a little bit for these types of investors, which are pub
November 1st, 2012Committee meeting
Annie Hardy