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  • 11 - Shareholder Engagement and Voting in Canada

  • from Part II - Australia and North America
  • Edited by Harpreet Kaur, Chao Xi, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Christoph Van der Elst, Tilburg University, The Netherlands, Anne Lafarre, Tilburg University, The Netherlands
  • Book:
    The Cambridge Handbook of Shareholder Engagement and Voting
    Published online:
    10 September 2022
    Print publication:
    15 September 2022, pp 214-238

  • Summary

    In Canadian corporate law, shareholders occupy a preferential role vis-à-vis other stakeholders. Shareholders are the only stakeholder with statutory rights, such as the right to elect and remove directors. Against this backdrop, this chapter examines the Canadian corporate governance landscape from the perspective of shareholders and examines the legal and market tools that shareholders have available to them. This chapter also explores the limitations and effectiveness of these mechanisms and considers various market actors who influence shareholder behaviour and can facilitate shareholder engagement. The chapter concludes with an analysis of three trends in shareholder engagement in Canada: (i) institutional investor engagement on issues at the core of ESG; (ii) the role of proxy advisory firms and the influence they wield over institutional shareholders; and (iii) the immediate  impact of COVID-19 on shareholder engagement.