We had to do something special for opening night,

I’ll take off work (today). No going to work. I won’t be able to speak.

The usher will tell me to sit down 30 to 40 times each game, but I can’t. I’m motivated.

Nothing has been decided or taken to the board. Should the board decide to proceed with a sale it will still require shareholder approval.

patterns or something in it to try to resolve this issue.

We take the simple view that, whether they are set up as a trust or a company, it makes sense that they be governed the same way.

I think it just allows additional flexibility for the commission to ensure all legitimate inquiries are handled appropriately. And just a timing issue should not necessarily throw it out.

Quite the opposite of undermining the competitiveness of the economy, [trusts] actually improve things. Capital ends up getting invested in things that make sense.

I don’t come in with the desire to change anything particular or with a special vision to go anywhere different from where we’ve been. I want to build on the excellence on what’s been there....

Ron Cranford is trying to make heroes out of people who have done some really evil things. The whole conference needs to be opposed. It’s a morbid and sadistic thing they’re promoting.

Some of them are extremely onerous.

It’s disappointing to lose any qualified individual that was interested in this job, and that we were interested in. I have to review this with the commission as to how they would like to move...

Generally we don’t like them as a basic principle. In some cases it is working reasonably well from a shareholder point of view and that has to do with the people involved.

We are looking at tightening any discussion with regards to any candidates. And we will be holding that closer to our vest.

[Keeping CEOs from making dumb decisions has won fans among Canada’s biggest money managers.] In the majority of cases, you would have been better off as a shareholder if the companies had paid out extra...

Management is basically going home on Friday and coming in to work on Monday in the same job with the same responsibilities. I can’t imagine how any self-respecting director would agree to an arrangement like...

We have not found, at this point in time, a candidate that the commission has all agreed on. And we continue to look.