New data on say-on-pay votes this year show Canada's 100 largest companies saw support drop by 1.4 percentage points to an average of 91.4 per cent in 2015, down from 92.8 per cent last year, according to compensation consulting firm Global Governance Advisors. Click here for Janet McFarland's report.
Here are the say-on-pay vote results:
| Company | % Yes Vote | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2010 | FY2011 | FY2012 | FY2013 | FY2014 | |
| Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. | 83% | 64% | 81% | 77% | 77% |
| Agrium Inc. | * | 97% | 82% | 82% | 97% |
| Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. | * | * | * | * | * |
| ARC Resources Ltd. | Approved | 96% | 97% | 98% | 98% |
| ATCO Ltd. | * | * | * | * | * |
| Methanex Corp. | 99% | 99% | 99% | 98% | 99% |
| Bank of Montreal | 93% | 91% | 97% | 94% | 92% |
| Barrick Gold Corp. | 97% | 96% | 15% | 80% | 27% |
| CCL Industries Inc. | * | * | * | * | * |
| BCE Inc. | 94% | 93% | 94% | 96% | 96% |
| Progressive Waste Solutions Ltd. | * | * | 99% | 99% | 99% |
| Bombardier Inc. | 99% | 98% | 99% | 99% | 98% |
| Gildan Activewear Inc. | * | 97% | 98% | 94% | 92% |
| Brookfield Asset Management Inc. | * | 99% | 95% | 96% | 96% |
| Hudson's Bay Co. | N/A | N/A | 99% | 99% | 97% |
| Cameco Corp. | 92% | 88% | 91% | 92% | 88% |
| Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce | 97% | 97% | 97% | 96% | 43% |
| Canadian National Railway Co. | 96% | 95% | 98% | 98% | 97% |
| Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. | * | 85% | 56% | 95% | 94% |
| Canadian Oil Sands Ltd. | * | 97% | 95% | 97% | 96% |
| Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. | 97% | 62% | 71% | 90% | 97% |
| Canadian Tire Corp. Ltd. | * | * | * | * | * |
| Canadian Utilities Ltd. | * | * | * | * | * |
| Cenovus Energy Inc. | * | 94% | 94% | 88% | 86% |
| Constellation Software Inc. | * | * | * | * | * |
| CGI Group Inc. | * | * | * | * | * |
| CI Financial Corp. | 97% | 98% | 96% | 96% | 95% |
| Crescent Point Energy Corp. | * | * | Approved | 57% | Approved |
| Dollarama Inc. | * | * | * | * | * |
| Eldorado Gold Corp. | * | * | * | * | * |
| Emera Inc. | * | * | * | * | 98% |
| Empire Company Ltd. | 98% | 96% | 96% | 94% | 97% |
| Enbridge Inc. | 94% | 94% | 94% | 96% | 96% |
| Encana Corp. | 91% | 76% | 83% | 94% | 95% |
| AltaGas Ltd. | * | * | * | 94% | 90% |
| Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. | * | * | * | * | * |
| Finning International Inc. | 97% | 96% | 96% | 95% | 94% |
| First Quantum Minerals Ltd. | 100% | 98% | 97% | 99% | 99% |
| Fortis Inc. | * | 97% | 96% | 96% | 95% |
| Franco-Nevada Corp. | 98% | 97% | 96% | 95% | 86% |
| George Weston Ltd. | * | * | * | * | * |
| Goldcorp Inc. | * | 98% | 97% | 75% | 89% |
| Great-West Lifeco Inc. | * | * | * | * | * |
| H&R REIT | * | * | * | * | * |
| Husky Energy Inc. | * | * | * | * | * |
| Industrial Alliance Insurance and Financial Services Inc. | 93% | 99% | 98% | 89% | 84% |
| IGM Financial Inc. | * | * | * | * | * |
| Imperial Oil Ltd. | * | * | * | * | * |
| West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. | * | * | * | 99% | 99% |
| Intact Financial Corp. | 99% | 99% | 99% | 98% | 96% |
| Inter Pipeline Ltd. | * | * | * | * | 98% |
| Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd. | * | * | * | * | 100% |
| Keyera Corp. | * | * | * | 98% | 98% |
| Kinross Gold Corp. | 96% | 78% | 78% | 75% | 94% |
| Loblaw Cos. Ltd. | * | * | * | * | * |
| Magna International Inc. | * | 80% | 75% | 82% | 93% |
| Manulife Financial Corporation | 83% | 83% | 84% | 89% | 91% |
| MEG Energy Corp. | * | * | * | * | * |
| Metro Inc. | * | * | 97% | 95% | 96% |
| National Bank of Canada | 97% | 96% | 97% | 95% | 94% |
| Quebecor Inc. | * | * | * | * | * |
| Canfor Corp. | * | * | * | * | * |
| Onex Corp. | * | * | * | * | * |
| Linamar Corp. | * | * | * | * | * |
| Amaya Inc. | * | * | * | * | * |
| First Capital Realty Inc. | * | * | * | * | * |
| Pembina Pipeline Corp. | * | * | 96% | 96% | 94% |
| The Jean Coutu Group (PJC) Inc. | * | * | * | * | * |
| Veresen Inc. | * | * | * | * | * |
| Peyto Exploration & Development Corp. | * | * | * | * | * |
| Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. | 97% | 98% | 97% | 97% | 97% |
| Power Corp. of Canada | * | * | * | * | * |
| Power Financial Corp. | * | * | * | * | * |
| BlackBerry Ltd. | * | * | 85% | 84% | 67% |
| RioCan REIT | * | * | * | 96% | 94% |
| Rogers Communications Inc. | * | * | * | * | * |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 89% | 85% | 94% | 93% | 95% |
| Saputo Inc. | * | * | * | * | * |
| Shaw Communications Inc. | * | * | * | * | * |
| WestJet Airlines Ltd. | * | * | * | * | * |
| Silver Wheaton Corp. | * | * | 94% | 95% | 95% |
| SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. | 98% | 75% | 83% | 96% | 97% |
| Sun Life Financial Inc. | 97% | 96% | 98% | 96% | 95% |
| Suncor Energy Inc. | 94% | 94% | 93% | 94% | 94% |
| Catamaran Corp. | Approved | Approved | 94% | 99% | 98% |
| PrairieSky Royalty Ltd. | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | * |
| Teck Resources Ltd. | 97% | 99% | 98% | 95% | 98% |
| Telus Corp. | 80% | 97% | 95% | 95% | 96% |
| Bank of Nova Scotia | 93% | 94% | 94% | 94% | 95% |
| Toronto-Dominion Bank | 97% | 94% | 94% | 93% | 95% |
| Thomson Reuters Corp. | 95% | 94% | 84% | 98% | 99% |
| Tim Hortons Inc. | * | * | 95% | 96% | N/A |
| Restaurant Brands International Inc. | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 98% |
| Tourmaline Oil Corp. | * | * | * | * | * |
| Element Financial Corp. | N/A | * | * | * | 91% |
| TransCanada Corp. | 90% | 97% | 93% | 94% | 97% |
| CAE Inc. | * | * | 96% | 95% | 94% |
| Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc. | * | 96% | 97% | 98% | 90% |
| Vermilion Energy Inc. | * | * | * | 99% | 99% |
| Open Text Corp. | * | * | * | * | * |
| Yamana Gold Inc. | * | 75% | * | 83% | 37% |
| No. of Companies Holding a Say on Pay Vote | 35 | 46 | 54 | 60 | 64 |
| % of Companies Holding a Say on Pay Vote | 36% | 47% | 55% | 61% | 64% |