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Prior to 2008, it was not uncommon for a bank to assign its risk oversight responsibilities to the audit committee of its board of directors, or in some cases, to even divide those tasks between a number of other committees.

In an earlier post we commented on the importance of improving a company's risk profile and performance by implementing methods and practices to ensure the success of gender diversification policies.

The concept of director independence is of central importance to the Canadian corporate governance regime.

The Capital Markets Modernization Taskforce was established in February 2020 and mandated to make recommendations to modernize Ontario's capital markets regulation.

On July 10, 2017, Ontario's Regulatory Registry published for comment a draft amendment to the Approved Acts of Executors and Trustees, a regulation under the Charities Accounting Act...

On April 21, 2010, the Delaware Supreme Court issued an important opinion addressing Delaware law principles regarding improper vote buying, record ownership of stock, and the propriety of a by-law amendment purporting to remove directors by reducing the size of the board.

Un projet de loi de l'Ontario qui apporterait plusieurs modifications importantes à la Loi sur les sociétés par actions (LSAO) de la province est sur le point d'être approuvé.

As we enter into our fifth week after the declaration of an emergency by the Province of Ontario1 due to COVID-19, we are all adjusting to our "new normal" of social distancing...

On March 18, 2020, the Government of Canada announced reductions in payroll tax remittances by employers and deferrals of HST/GST and customs duty remittances until June 30, 2020.

The amendments require that corporations hold a separate vote for each candidate for the position of director.

Securities regulators announced that amendments to NI 58-101 and Form 58-101F1 would include stringent requirements pertaining to female representation on boards and in executive officer positions.

The focus of this article is a case arising out of Ontario: UPM-Kymmene Corp. v. UPM-Kymmene Miramichi Inc., [2002] O.J. No. 2412 (S.C.J.), affirmed [2004] O.J. No. 636 (C.A.).

Last week, Glass Lewis & Co., a top governance analysis and proxy voting firm, released its 2016 proxy season guidelines for Canada and the United States, as well as its guidelines for evaluating shareholder initiatives.

The Proxy advisory firm Glass, Lewis & Co., LLC has released its Canadian policy updates for the 2016 proxy season, on the heels of the release by Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. of its 2016 policy updates.

Effective governance depends not only on sound decision-making, but on the ability to demonstrate that decisions were made through a thoughtful, informed, and defensible process.

On May 1, 2018, Bill C-25, An Act to amend the Canada Business Corporations Act, the Canada Cooperatives Act, the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act and the Competition Act...

On July 24, 2024, the federal Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner, the Hon. Konrad von Finckenstein, released two reports with respect to Sustainable Development Technology...