Also Present: Mark Watters, Chief Financial Officer; Richard Denis, Deputy Law Clerk and Parliamentary Counsel; Kevin Vickers, Sergeant-at-Arms; John Janusz, Deputy Sergeant-at-Arms and Director of Security Services; Marc Bosc, Deputy Clerk; Stéphan Aubé, Chief Information Officer; André Gagnon, Clerk Assistant (Committees and Legislative Services Directorate); and Suzanne Verville, Secretariat

Question No. 450 Ms. Judy Foote: With regard to Marine Atlantic’s executive hiring practices: (a) where has the position of Chief Information Officer historically been located; (b) where has the position of Operations for the ports of Channel-Port aux Basques, North Sydney and Argentia historically been located; (c) what is the rationale for the historical position locations; (d) why was the position of Chief Information Officer moved to St. John’s; (e) are there plans to move additional positions out of Channel-Port aux Basques; (f) what steps were taken to recruit a candidate who lived in or who would relocate to Channel-Port aux ...[+++]Basques when filling the Chief Information Officer position; (g) what were the job criteria required for the Chief Information Officer; (h) did the job posting specify that a successful applicant had to reside in or work in Channel-Port aux Basques; (i) how many applicants were there for the position of Chief Information Officer; and (j) how many applicants were there from Channel-Port aux Basques?

reports fair value information internally to the entity’s key management personnel (as defined in IAS 24), who use fair value as the primary measurement attribute to evaluate the performance of substantially all of its investments and to make investment decisions.

23. Welcomes Proposal No 38 and the Commission initiative to enhance corporate governance and social responsibility with the specific goal of increasing employee involvement and improving the transparency of information provided by businesses, including social and environmental reporting and management remuneration and respect for human rights; calls particularly for the promotion of employee shareholding schemes, the strengthening of long-term shareholder commitment and the promotion of information and consultation rights for employees and their representatives, together with boardroom participation rights; underlines that increased t ...[+++]ransparency, good relations with personnel, and production processes which are in accordance with sustainable development are also in the interest of businesses, their owners and those who invest in them;

- BA-VDH reports direct to an executive vice-president of ABB who is ex officio a member of the executive committee, the top executive body of the ABB group;

The governing body of ABB is the Board of Directors. Under this, its top executive organ is the Group Executive Committee consisting (as at August 1993) of the Chief Executive Officer and seven Executive Vice-Presidents representing the three geographical regions of ABB's operations and the four main business or product segments.