Wednesday 12 July 2017

Canada: corporate governance reform - an update

An update on the Bill that will, when enacted, make changes to the governance framework by amending the Canada Business Corporations Act, the Canada Cooperatives Act, and the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act. The Bill received its third reading in the House of Commons last month (see here) and has now begun its journey through the Senate, where it received first reading on June 21: see here. The text of the Bill is available here and further information is available here and here. Among the changes proposed are those relating to the election of directors (including annual elections and votes for individual directors), the disclosure of information regarding board diversity and communications with shareholders.

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