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-7-<br />

National Policy 58-201, Multilateral<br />

Instrument 52-110 and other<br />

applicable guidelines for improved<br />

corporate governance<br />

All of the members of the<br />

audit committee should be<br />

financially literate and at<br />

least one member should<br />

have accounting or related<br />

financial expertise.<br />

Does the Trust<br />

align<br />

Yes<br />

Governance proced<br />

All members of the Audit and Risk Management Committee are<br />

financially literate and two members of the committee have<br />

accounting or related financial expertise including the Audit and Risk<br />

Management Committee Chairman.<br />

The board shall determine<br />

whether a member of the<br />

audit committee meets the<br />

definition and criteria for<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

Yes<br />

In considering criteria for determinations of financial literacy, the<br />

Board looks at the ability to read and understand a balance sheet, an<br />

income statement and a cash flow statement of a <strong>real</strong> <strong>estate</strong> company<br />

that present a breadth and level of complexity of accounting issues<br />

that are generally comparable to the breadth and complexity of the<br />

<br />

financial statements.<br />

<br />

-110, which requires each<br />

<br />

<br />

independent of management.<br />

The board should adopt a<br />

charter for the audit<br />

committee which sets out<br />

roles and responsibilities of<br />

the audit committee which<br />

should be specifically<br />

defined so as to provide<br />

appropriate guidance to<br />

audit committee members as<br />

to their duties.<br />

Yes<br />

The Audit and Risk Management Committee assists the Board in its<br />

oversight of the integrity of th <br />

<br />

<br />

internal controls and compliance with legal and regulatory matters.<br />

The Audit and Risk Management Committee has a charter, the entire<br />

<br />

incorporated herein be reference and which AIF can be found in its<br />

entirety on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.<br />

Subject to the powers of the<br />

of <strong>trust</strong> to appoint and revoke the appointment of the external<br />

auditors, the Audit and Risk Management Committee has the<br />

authority and responsibility to recommend the appointment and<br />

revocation of appointment of the external auditors and to fix their<br />

remuneration.<br />

The Audit and Risk Management Committee is directly responsible<br />

for the oversight of the work of the external auditors, including<br />

resolution of disagreements between management and the external<br />

auditors regarding financial reporting.<br />

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