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February 8, 2018
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Stephanie Lachance (Public Sector Pension Investment Board)
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January 30, 2018
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David Sneyd (BMO Asset Management)
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January 29, 2018
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FAIR Canada
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January 25, 2018
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Andrew J. MacDougall (Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP)
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January 25, 2018
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John M. Tuzyk (Blakes, Cassels & Graydon LLP)
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January 25, 2018
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Frederic Duguay (Hansell LLP)
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January 25, 2018
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Julie Cays (Canadian Coalition for Good Governance)
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January 25, 2018
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Michelle de Cordova (NEI Investments)
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January 25, 2018
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Rahul K. Bhardwaj (Institute of Corporate Directors)
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January 25, 2018
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Jeffrey R. Carney (IGM Financial Inc.)
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January 25, 2018
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Gordon A. M. Currie (George Weston Limited)
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January 25, 2018
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Paul A. Mahon (Great-West Lifeco Inc.)
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January 25, 2018
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Loui Anastasopoulos and Brady Fletcher (TSX Inc. and TSX Venture Exchange Inc.)
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January 25, 2018
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Yvan Allaire (Institute for Governance of Private and Public Organizations)
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January 24, 2018
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Joy Thomas (Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada)
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January 24, 2018
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Peter Rozee (Teck Resources Limited)
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January 24, 2018
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Norton Rose Fulbright
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January 24, 2018
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Debra L. Sisti and Anjeet Bening (Institutional Shareholder Services Inc.)
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January 23, 2018
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Jeff Davis (Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board)
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January 23, 2018
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Brian Minns (Addenda Capital Inc.)
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January 22, 2018
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Daniel Garant (British Columbia Investment Management Corporation)
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January 22, 2018
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The Canadian Advocacy Council for Canadian CFA Institute Societies
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January 19, 2018
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Power Corporation of Canada
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January 19, 2018
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Power Financial Corporation
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January 16, 2018
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Gordon Keep (Fiore Management & Advisory Corp.)
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December 27, 2017
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Letty Dewar (Investor Advisory Panel)
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December 1, 2017
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Ken Kivenko (Kenmar Associates)
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