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- 56 - (ii) (iii) (iv) Young Inc. (Canada) and a former Executive Partner of Ernst & Young LLP. Mr. Richardson joined its predecessor Clarkson, Gordon & Co. in 1963 and was appointed President of The Clarkson Company Limited in 1982. Mr. Richardson was also a member of the Management and Executive Committees of Ernst & Young LLP, national managing partner of the firm's Corporate Finance practice and the senior partner in the Corporate Recovery and Restructuring practice until his retirement from the partnership in 2002. Mr. Richardson holds a Bachelor of Commerce Degree from the University of Toronto and is a member and a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario. John T. McLennan is a corporate director. Mr. McLennan is a director of ACE, Amdocs Ltd., Emera, Manitoba Telephone Systems (Vice-Chairman), Medisys Health Services and Jazz Air Holding GP Inc. Mr. McLennan is also a trustee of Aeroplan Income Fund. Mr. McLennan was recently Vice-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Allstream. Prior to that position, he served as AT&T Canada's Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. He was also the founding President of Jenmark Consulting Inc., President and Chief Executive Officer of Bell Canada, President of Bell Ontario as well as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of BCE Mobile Communications Inc. Mr. McLennan has also served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Cantel Wireless and Executive Vice President of Mitel Communications Inc. Mr. McLennan holds a BSc and a MSc in Industrial Management from Clarkson University. Richard H. McCoy is a corporate director. Mr. McCoy is a director of ACE, Rothmans Inc., Aberdeen Asia-Pacific Income Fund Ltd., MDS Inc., Uranium Participation Corporation, Pizza Pizza Royalty Income Fund and Gerdau Ameristeel Inc. He is also a trustee of Jazz Air Income Fund. Mr. McCoy has over 35 years experience in the investment industry. From May 1997 to October 31, 2003, Mr. McCoy was Vice-Chairman, Investment Banking at TD Securities. Prior to joining TD Securities in 1997, Mr. McCoy was deputy Chairman of CIBC Wood Gundy Securities. Mr. McCoy holds an MBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business Administration, University of Western Ontario. Arthur T. Porter has been the Director General and Chief Executive Officer of the McGill University Health Center since January 2004. Dr. Porter is also a Professor of Oncology at McGill University and was the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Detroit Medical Center from 1999 to 2003. Dr. Porter has extensive clinical, research and administrative experience in a university teaching hospital environment. Dr. Porter has also acted as consultant for several major companies in the airline and energy sectors with respect to healthcare and logistical challenges. Dr. Porter is a director of Adherex, a publicly traded biotechnology company and a director and member of the audit committee of the Munder Funds. Dr. Porter holds a Medical Degree from the Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, a Master of Business Administration from the University of Tennessee and Certificates in Medical Management from Harvard University and the University of Toronto. Pre-approval Policies and Procedures The Audit Committee reviews and approves the nature of all non-audit services, as permitted by securities legislation and regulations, to be provided by the Corporations' external auditor prior to the commencement of such work. In this regard, the Audit Committee will prepare a report for presentation to the shareholders of the Corporation quarterly or annually, as required, regarding the Audit Committee's approval of such non-audit services in the period. The Audit Committee will also require and review a report from the external auditor of all relationships between the external auditor and its related entities and the Corporation and its related entities, including all work performed and fees paid for such work of a non-audit nature, that in the external auditor's professional judgment may reasonably be perceived to bear on its objectivity and independence and confirming that in the external auditor's professional judgment it is independent of the Corporation and discuss this report with the external auditor in order to evaluate the objectivity and independence of the external auditor. The Audit Committee will also review steps taken by the external auditor to address any findings in any of the foregoing reviews.
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