Wes Hall On Canada's 2026 Proxy Season: Early Insights

Kingsdale President, Aaron Boles, joined industry leaders to explore the emerging role of AI in investment stewardship. The discussion focused on where AI is creating meaningful value, where risks are developing, and what boards must consider as governance evolves.

Canada’s blue-chip boards have never looked stronger: more diverse, more credentialed, more sophisticated. On paper, this is a governance success story. In practice, governance failures continue to surface, often at companies with the strongest boards. See what separates boards that look good on paper from those that actually work under pressure.

The Ontario Securities Commission is seeking feedback on how to build a machine-readable dataset of securities rules and regulatory documents. Comments are open until June 30, 2026. If this touches your world, it's worth weighing in.