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Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Nalcor Board - Are the Qualified?

As I await for specific information from Nalcor - let's review what Nalcor did point me to - with respect to Nalcor Board responsibilities.

The principal functions of the Board include:

(a) developing Nalcor’s approach to corporate governance;
(b) reviewing and approving the business, financial, strategic and other plans to enable Nalcor to execute its strategy;
(c) adopting processes for monitoring the company’s progress toward its strategic and operational goals;
(d) approving the audited financial statements and Management’s Discussion and Analysis;
(e) ensuring that management has a process for identifying the principal business risks;
(f) overseeing the integrity of the internal control systems;
(g) ensuring that Nalcor has processes for operating within applicable laws and regulations;
(h) ensuring the company has a compensation philosophy and framework;
(i) ensuring a process is in place to measure the performance of senior executives of Nalcor;
(j) ensuring management creates a culture of integrity throughout the organization; and
(k) ensuring that succession plans are in place for senior management, including the President and CEO.

1. Based on the above what should the qualifications of Board members be?

2. Based on the above which of the new appointees to the Board - including the Chair - is qualified?

3. Do you agree with Premier Dunderdale that these appointees are no different than politicians who she says need no experience for the job?

4. Does this meet Dunderdale's criteria - which says the government has the best experts available working on the Muskrat Falls development?

5. Do you feel - as a shareholder of Nalcor - that your best interests are being served by these new appointees? 


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