Council

information for the corporations’ voting members

The Council supports Scouting groups in Newfoundland and Labrador to develop membership and deliver Scouts Canada programs. The Council is not an independent legal entity; it is an arm of a corporation, Scouts Canada, created by an Act of Parliament. It operates like a local branch of a national corporation.

The Council stopped publishing annual reports in 2014.

Corporate Voting Members

The corporations’ Voting Members represent the Council’s general membership to the Directors of the corporations. In the past, most (if not all) of the voting members were also members of the Council Team. By making the changes, the Council and the Corporations have tried to create a pool of voting members that is more representative of the Council’s membership.

The voting members attend the corporations’ annual general meetings to consider an agenda that typically includes:

• Receiving and approving the financial statements
• Electing the board of directors
• Vote on changes to the by-laws

National Voting Representatives

Each Council has a say in the governance processes of Scouts Canada’s governance through three elected Council Voting Representatives. Council members elect the Council’s Voting Representatives annually. The election process is explained here. All Scouts Canada members aged 14 or older are eligible to serve as Council Voting Representatives and to vote for their Council’s Voting Representatives.

The Council Voting Representatives represent Councils at the Scouts Canada Annual General Meeting. They vote on governance resolutions and elect the Board of Governors. They also represent their Councils at Special Meetings when required. Council Voting Representatives serve a one-year term. One of the three Council Voting Representative positions is reserved for a youth member, but all three Council Voting Representatives may be youth members. By-law No. 2 says that a youth member is a member under the age of 27 years.

A call for nominations is issued annually.

Annual Reports

With the implementation of One Scouts Canada in 2015, Scouts Canada consolidated the financial reporting obligations for all Councils. The Newfoundland and Labrador Council ceased publishing separate financial statements and annual reports at that time. Scouts Canada’s most recent annual report and financial statements are accessible here.