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CANADIANS CONNECTED 2022
CIRA’s symposium and annual general meeting
Thursday, September 15, 2022
12:30 p.m. ET.

Member Proposal for CIRA's AGM

CIRA has received the following Member Proposal (from Alex Beraskow of Ottawa, Ontario) for consideration at this year's annual general meeting.

The member proposal includes three motions. As the three motions all deal with the same issue, they have been consolidated into one motion.

PDF version of the member proposal  

When CIRA was established, the Government of Canada (through Industry Canada) stated in 1999:
• CIRA was to be a not-for-profit organization to administer the .CA domain space on behalf of Canadian users
• The .CA domain space is a key public resource,
• CIRA policies should be consistent with the principles established by the Canadian government.
• CIRA must conduct activities in an open and transparent manner that ensures wide public access to all relevant information following fair and sound business practices ensuring an appropriate balance of representation, accountability

The “.CA” domain” is a “key public resource”, owned by Canada (not CIRA), that “CIRA manages on behalf of Canadians, and CIRA is committed to transparency and accountability in its operations as it builds a trusted Internet for Canadians”.

CIRA, as a Not For Profit corporation, is as commercial as all the other 170,000 NFP corporations in Canada, pays no corporate tax and as such must act in the public interest rather than self interest, to be transparent and accountable to both its members and Canadians.

While CIRA “gets no government funding, nor does it receive donations from either public or private sources”, it gets a very valuable asset for free: a licence, at no cost, to manage the “.ca” domain name on behalf of all Canadians. Canada can withdraw that “licence” on 90 days notice.

CIRA members passed a motion at the 2020 AGM that “CIRA should disclose CEO compensation – base salary, all bonuses, all benefits, including severance package terms”

CIRA retained the third-party consultant Mercer (Canada) Limited (“Mercer”) to review best practices and emerging trends in the disclosure of CEO and executive compensation. In addition, CIRA has cited the advice of other consultants: Boyden, Stratford Group, and Dr. Richard Leblanc.

BE IT RESOLVED THAT:
• CIRA should disclose the Mercer study/report that CIRA cites including the terms of reference given to Mercer and the costs incurred.
• CIRA should disclose the Boyden and Stratford studies that CIRA cites, including the terms of reference given to each firm and the costs incurred.
• CIRA should disclose any reports developed by Dr. Leblanc on overall board governance, including the terms of reference given to him and the costs incurred.
 

Alex Beraskow, 224 Holmwood Avenue; Ottawa K1S 2P7; [email protected]; June 6, 2022.


See CIRA's official response to the Member Proposal here


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