Board Committees

Members: Kathleen O'Neill (Chair), Fred Dyment, James Houck and Bill Sembo all of whom are unrelated directors.

The Audit Committee assists the board in fulfilling its oversight responsibilities with respect to the integrity and completeness of the annual and quarterly financial statements provided to shareholders and regulatory bodies; compliance with accounting and finance based legal and regulatory requirements; ensuring the independence of the external auditor, accounting systems and procedures and recommending, for board of director approval, the audited financial statements and other mandatory releases containing financial information.

Read the Mandate of the Audit Committee.
Read the Terms of Reference for the Audit Committee Chair.

Members: James Houck (Chair), Fred Dyment, Harold Kvisle and Herb Pinder, all of whom are unrelated directors.

The Reserves Committee assists the board in meeting their responsibilities to review the qualifications, experience, reserve audit approach and costs of the independent engineering firm that performs ARC’s reserve audit and to review the report.

Read the Mandate of the Reserves Audit Committee.
Read the Terms of Reference for the Reserves Audit Committee Chair.

Members: Timothy Hearn (Chair), Kathleen O'Neill, Herb Pinder and Mac Van Wielingen, all of whom are unrelated directors.

The Human Resources and Compensation Committee assists the board in fulfilling its oversight responsibilities with respect to: overall human resource policies and procedures; the compensation program for the organization and in consultation with the board, undertake an annual performance review with the President and CEO, and review the CEO appraisal of Officers’ performance.

Read the Mandate of the Human Resources & Compensation Committee.
Read the Terms of Reference for the Human Resources & Compensation Committee Chair.

Members: John Dielwart (Chair), Timothy Hearn, Kathleen O'Neill and Bill Sembo all of whom are unrelated directors.

The Health, Safety and Environment Committee assists the board in its responsibilities for oversight and due diligence by reviewing, reporting and making recomendations to the board on the development and implementation of the policies, standards and practices of ARC with respect to the areas of health, safety and environment.  This committee meets separately with management of ARC who have responsibility for such matters and reports to the board.

Read the Mandate of the Health, Safety and Environment Committee.
Read the Terms of Reference for the Health, Safety and Environment Committee Chair.

Members: Herb Pinder (Chair), Timothy Hearn, Harold Kvisle and Mac Van Wielingen, all of whom are unrelated directors.

The Policy and Board Governance Committee assists the board in fulfilling its oversight responsibilities with respect to: reviewing the effectiveness of the board and its committees; to develop and review the Corporation’s approach to corporate governance matters; to develop and recommend to the board for approval and periodically review structures and procedures designed to ensure that the board can function independently of management; and to recruit and recommend new members to fill board vacancies as required giving consideration to the competencies, skills and personal qualities of the candidates and of the existing board.

Read the Mandate of the Policy and Board Governance Committee.
Read the Terms of Reference for the Policy and Board Governance Committee Chair.

Members: Fred Dyment (Chair), John Dielwart, James Houck, Harold Kvisle, and Mac Van Wielingen, all of whom are unrelated directors.

Read the Mandate of the Risk Committee.
Read the Terms of Reference for the Risk Committee Chair.