Executive Committee Charter | As approved by the Board of Directors 28 October 2010

(Superseded by Current Charter)

    1. Purpose

      The Executive Committee is responsible for:

      Exercising all the powers of the Board in the oversight of the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, including, without limitation, financial matters so that the Board retains the ability to act through the Executive Committee between formal Board meetings if deemed necessary.

    2. Scope of Responsibilities

        1. To the extent permitted by law, the Committee shall exercise all the powers of the Board during the interval periods between regular Board meetings when the Board is unavailable or unable to meet.

      1. The Committee shall not have the authority to adopt, amend or repeal any provision of the Bylaws or take any other action which has been reserved for action by the full Board pursuant to the Bylaws, a resolution of the Board or which the Committee is otherwise prohibited by law to take.

  1. Composition

    The Executive Committee shall be comprised of at least the Board Chair, the Board Vice-Chair and the Chief Executive Officer, and may include one other voting Board Director, as determined and appointed annually by the Board, each of whom shall comply with the Conflicts of Interest Policy. The members of the Committee shall serve at the discretion of the Board.

    The Board Chair shall serve as Committee Chair.

    The Committee may choose to organize itself into subcommittees to facilitate the accomplishment of its work. The Committee shall have the authority to appoint consultants and advisers to assist in its work as deemed necessary, and such appointees may attend the relevant parts of the Committee meetings.

  2. Meetings

    The Executive Committee will not have regularly scheduled meetings. The Executive Committee shall meet as it deems necessary to carry out its responsibilities. The Committee's meetings may be held by telephone and/or other remote meeting technologies. Meetings may be called upon no less than forty-eight (48) hours notice by either (i) the Chair of the Committee or (ii) any two members of the Committee acting together, provided that regularly scheduled meetings generally shall be noticed at least one week in advance.

  3. Voting and Quorum

    A majority of the voting members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum. Voting on Committee matters shall be on a one vote per member basis. When a quorum is present, the vote of a majority of the voting Committee members present shall constitute the action or decision of the Committee.

  4. Records of Proceedings

    A preliminary report with respect to actions taken at each meeting (telephonic or in-person) of the Committee shall be recorded and distributed to committee members within two working days, and meeting minutes shall be posted promptly following approval by the Committee.

    After each Executive Committee meeting where action has been taken, the Executive Committee shall provide a report to the full Board of Directors with a report of actions taken, for Board receipt and acknowledgment at the next regularly-scheduled meeting of the full Board.

  5. Review

    The performance of the Committee shall be reviewed every three years and informally by the Board Governance Committee. The Board Governance Committee shall recommend to the full Board changes in membership, procedures, or responsibilities and authorities of the Committee if and when deemed appropriate. Performance of the Committee shall also be formally reviewed as part of the periodic independent review of the Board and its Committees