Stephen Jarislowsky, 84-year-old Canadian billionaire investor and CEO of Montreal-based Jarislowsky Fraser Ltd. (John Morstad for The Globe and Mail)
Corporate governance
Why Jarislowsky thinks stock options are dangerous
Billionaire investor shares his views on corporate governance and why investors should care
The results
Board Games 2010: Rankings for corporations
In pictures
The best governed companies in Canada
These companies topped The Globe’s annual corporate governance rankings this year
Video
Janet McFarland discusses Board Games 2010
The Globe's Janet McFarland sits down with BNN's Michael Kane to discuss the Globe and Mail's annual review of Canadian corporate governance
Corporate governance poll
Many Canadian bank CEOs make around $10-million or more per year. Is this too much?
Board Games 2010: Stories and Interviews
Regulation
Board Games: Proxy advisory firms flex muscle
As their clout has grown, so has the discontent from companies unhappy with their influence over shareholder votes
Board Games 2010: Winners and losers
Skyward compensation for Pacific Rubiales directors and some down-to-earth peer-group data from Vermilion
Board Games
Out of the boardroom, into the field
Growing U.S. board practice requiring directors to visit company’s operations is winning converts here
Board Games
Banking sector ‘really on top’ of governance
But Scotiabank chair says that’s not so across the corporate board
A governance trend one CEO would like to reverse
Woodbridge chief and corporate director Geoff Beattie says that separating the roles of CEO and chairman doesn’t always make sense
New program designed to help with questions of executive pay
Courses to focus on compensation strategy, plan design
Earlier discussion
Are Canada’s corporate boards getting better?
Stephen Griggs of the Canadian Coalition for Good Governance and reporter Janet McFarland took your questions
Governance coalition looks in the mirror
Business group is proposing that major shareholders adopt their own code of conduct
Canadian companies need to improve disclosure, review finds
Companies have an 'unacceptable' track record for disclosing their corporate governance practices and many do not comply adequately with regulatory requirements, securities regulators have concluded
Methodology
The Board Games archive (2002-2010)
2009: Women on Board
While women appear to be making headway in the boardrooms of the nation, a lack of CEO experience and access to some crucial business networks mean that directorships are still proving elusive
2008: Board reforms face crucial test
Top corporate directors say governance reforms will prove their worth or be exposed as posturing as times get tough
2007: Companies improve their disclosure
As reporting gets better, more reach top tier
2006: Income trust boards - The new 'Wild West'
There are few rules and fewer standards
2005: Income trusts under the spotlight
They could be doing a much better job
2004: Crisis management on the agenda
Companies realize it pays to plan for the worst
2003: Corporate Canada opening up
The largest companies make big improvements
2002: The inaugural report
A Report on Business team examined the corporate governance practices of 270 of Canada's largest companies and found most of them wouldn't meet tough new standards recently adopted by the United States.
