Board of Directors and Officers 16. (1) All officers of the company, including the president and any vice-presidents appointed pursuant to subsection 15(1), shall be Canadian citizens and no such officer shall be in receipt of a salary from any source other than the company or be a director or shareholder of an approved telecommunications common carrier. (2) An officer of the company who contravenes subsection (1) thereupon ceases to be an officer of the company. R.S., c. T-4, s. 16.