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12 ROGERS COMMUNICATIONS INC. 2007 ANNUAL REPORT
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
AUDIT CORPORATE
GOVERNANCE NOMINATING COMPENSATION EXECUTIVE FINANCE PENSION
Peter C. Godsoe, OC
As at February 20, 2008
Edward “Ted” S. Rogers, OC
Ronald D. Besse
C. William D. Birchall
John H. Clappison, FCA
Thomas I. Hull
Nadir H. Mohamed, CA
The Hon. David R. Peterson, PC, QC
Edward S. Rogers
Melinda M. Rogers
William T. Schleyer
John A. Tory, QC
J. Christopher C. Wansbrough
Colin D. Watson
Alan D. Horn, CA
Philip B. Lind, CM
Loretta A. Rogers
BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND ITS COMMITTEES
CHAIR
CHAIR
CHAIR
CHAIR
CHAIR
CHAIR CHAIR
RogersCommunications’BoardofDirectorsisstronglycommitted
to sound corporate governance and continuously reviews its gover-
nance practices and benchmarks them against acknowledged lead-
ers and evolving legislation. We are a family-controlled company
and take pride in our proactive and disciplined approach towards
ensuringthatRogers’governancestructuresandpracticesare
deservingoftheconfidenceofthepublicequitymarkets.
Assubstantialstakeholders,theRogersfamilyisrepresentedon
our Board and brings a long-term commitment to oversight and
value creation. At the same time, we benefit from having outside
directors who are some of the most experienced business leaders
inNorthAmerica.
In the Board’s view its corporate governance model must be
appropriate to the Company’s circumstances but it believes in the
central role played by directors in the overall governance process.
TheBoardbelievesthattheCompany’sgovernancesystemis
effective and that there are appropriate structures and procedures
in place to ensure its independence.
ThecompositionofourBoardandstructureofitsvarious
committees are outlined above. As well, we make detailed infor-
mationofourgovernancestructuresandpractices–including
our complete statement of corporate governance practices, our
codes of conduct and ethics, full committee charters, and
boardmemberbiographies–easilyavailableonourwebsiteat
rogers.com/corporategovernance. In the corporate governance
section of our rogers.com website you will also find a summary
ofthedifferencesbetweentheNYSEcorporategovernancerules
applicabletoU.S.basedcompaniesandourgovernancepractices
asanon-U.S.basedissuerthatislistedontheNYSE.