Air Canada | Disclosure of language mastered by directors

Status
Withdrawn
AGM date
Previous AGM date
Proposal number
4
Resolution details
Lead filer
Mouvement d'éducation et de défense des actionnaires (MÉDAC)
Resolution ask
Report on or disclose
ESG theme
  • Social
  • Governance
ESG sub-theme
  • Diversity, equity & inclusion (DEI)
Type of vote
Shareholder proposal
Filer type
Shareholder
Company HQ country
Canada
Resolved clause
It is proposed that the languages mastered by the directors be disclosed in the skills matrix, in the circular.
Supporting statement
In recent years, several public controversies over language have tarnished the reputation of major public companies in terms of their social responsibility and the interpretation they make of their diversity-related(9), duties and obligations, inherent in our societies. Language, inscribed at the heart of our democratic institutions, is indeed a fundamental attribute of the collectivity. Such situations, harmful from all points of view, must be avoided. It is therefore appropriate – and for many other reasons – for all interested parties (stakeholders) to know, through formal and official disclosure, the languages mastered by the company’s directors. Obviously, by “mastery”, it is understood a level of language sufficient to allow its generalized use, in all spheres of activity of persons, whether legal or physical; a level of language sufficient to allow each director to fully and entirely assume their duties and functions.

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